Two UN peacekeepers in Lebanon have been wounded by Israeli fire, the mission said on Thursday, as Israel’s military ground operations in the country continued.
In a statement, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) said two of its members were wounded after a Merkava tank fired towards an observation tower at Unifil headquarters in Naqoura, “directly hitting it and causing them to fall”.
“[Israeli] soldiers also fired on UN position (UNP) 1-31 in Labbouneh, hitting the entrance to the bunker where peacekeepers were sheltering, and damaging vehicles and a communications system,” said the peacekeeping mission.
“An IDF drone was observed flying inside the UN position up to the bunker entrance.”
Israeli attacks in Lebanon over the past month, including a bombing campaign and ground invasion, have killed over 1,200 people and displaced one million.
Attacking UN peacekeepers is unacceptable…but we will accept it
Ireland is vocal about the Palestines peoples human rights, which has angered Israel greatly. They are also not a member of NATO.
What a strange coincidence that it’d be Irish peacekeepers who were attacked.
Does that matter? They killed an American protestor. Israel killed hundreds of other humanitarians. Israel even killed their own citizens.
It is all crazy.
Tis but a flesh wound!