A UN peacekeeper has been wounded in southern Lebanon after being hit by gunfire, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) has said, the fifth member of the multinational force to be injured in recent days.
In a statement on Saturday, Unifil said the peacekeeper was injured at its headquarters in the southern city of Naquora on Friday night amid “ongoing military activity nearby”, though added that it did not know the origin of the fire.
“He underwent surgery at our Naqoura hospital to remove the bullet and is currently stable,” it said.
On Friday US President Joe Biden has said he was “absolutely, positively” urging Israel to stop firing at UN peacekeepers in Lebanon following two earlier incidents on Thursday and Friday.
Hezbollah launched 25 attacks from near UNIFIL posts over past month
https://www.jns.org/hezbollah-launched-25-attacks-from-near-unifil-posts-over-past-month/
Israel warned UNIFIL well in advance to get out of the way. Why are they still there?
Until now…
it has failed to investigate a single one of the more than 3,000 Hezbollah arms depots and other military sites targeted by Israel since October—including bombed-out bases run by Hezbollah’s supposed environmental group “Green Without Borders.”
Bear in mind that Hezbollah’s been firing missiles into Israel daily since 8 October 2023. So much for UNIFIL “peacekeeping”.
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/pros-and-cons-salvaging-or-ditching-unifil
Biden, your words mean less than dick at this point. Try some action.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t it in the UN Charter that an attack on UN forces is an attack on the entire dang alliance?
No, you’re thinking of NATO. But nobody should be shooting at UN forces. If the UN had any balls, they’d not have let Israel (or Hamasl) in there in the first place. Israel are just taking the piss now and they’ll continue until they’ve decided otherwise.
nobody should be shooting at UN forces.
“Hezbollah members or their local supporters harassed UNIFIL patrols, threatened them with weapons, fired at them, stole their equipment”
Hezbollah have killed at least one…
“After Pvt. Sean Rooney, a UNIFIL peacekeeper from Ireland, was killed in December, surveillance camera footage reportedly showed armed men surrounding his patrol and declaring “We are Hezbollah.” A Lebanese military tribunal formally accused several Hezbollah members of the murder, and the group reportedly handed the primary suspect over to Lebanese authorities. “ https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/battle-unifils-independence-part-2-facts-ground
Sorry, what’s the point here?
“Somebody else once killed a UN worker so anyone can kill as many as they like”?
The point is there was no global outcry. You hadn’t heard about it had you?
It is only when Israel responds to an entire year of daily missile attacks by Hezbollah that attention is paid.
UNIFIL was warned by Israel to get out of the way before they entered to stop the attacks by Hezbollah which UNIFIL couldn’t/wouldn’t.
That’s only in case of NATO, I believe.
Ah, my mistake mixing them up. Thank you for the correction.
