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France, Italy and Spain ‘outraged’ after UN peacekeepers injured – and accuse Israel of violating worldwide legislation

By Editorial Board Published October 11, 2024 7 Min Read
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France, Italy and Spain ‘outraged’ after UN peacekeepers injured – and accuse Israel of violating worldwide legislation

The leaders of France, Italy and Spain have condemned “unjustifiable” Israeli assaults which have hit the United Nations peacekeeping power in Lebanon amid heightened battle within the area.

In a joint assertion, the three EU nations, which contribute troops to the United Nations Interim Pressure in Lebanon (UNIFIL) expressed “outrage” as they accused Israel of severely violating their obligations underneath humanitarian worldwide legislation and stated such assaults ought to “immediately come to an end”.

Italian premier Giorgia Meloni and Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez joined Emmanuel Macron in condemning what the French president referred to as Israel’s “deliberate targeting” of UNIFIL troopers.

“We condemn it, we do not tolerate it and we do not tolerate it happening again,” Mr Macron stated.

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US President Joe Biden stated he was asking shut ally within the area Israel to not strike UNIFIL forces and Downing Road stated it was “appalled” by stories that Israel intentionally fired on peacekeepers.

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UNIFIL spokesperson discusses Israeli assaults

UNIFIL stated an Israeli tank fired on its headquarters within the city of Naqoura in southern Lebanon on Thursday, hitting an remark tower and wounding two peacekeepers.

The peacekeeping power stated its headquarters had been affected by additional explosions on Friday which injured two peacekeepers. One was taken to hospital.

The Israeli navy on Friday expressed “deep concern” and stated two peacekeepers, believed to be from Sri Lanka, had been injured by Israeli fireplace because it was participating with Hezbollah militants.

Rescue workers search for victims at the site of Thursday's Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Rescue staff seek for victims on the website of Thursday’s Israeli airstrike in Beirut. Pic: AP

The Italian defence ministry summoned Israel’s ambassador in protest, and Eire’s Prime Minister Simon Harris stated he was deeply involved, with the Irish Defence Forces serving with UNIFIL. He stated all Irish troops within the south of Lebanon had been accounted for.

UN secretary normal Antonio Guterres has additionally condemned the incidents.

“Even the secretary general yesterday was very vocal,” he stated. “This is a violation of international humanitarian law, attacking peacekeepers in peacekeeping operations.”

Mr Tenenti stated the IDF requested peacekeepers to maneuver away from the “blue line” – a dividing line between Lebanon and Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights – the place peacekeepers had been tasked with lowering tensions by a UN decision.

However UNIFIL determined to remain to supply humanitarian help to 1000’s of individuals caught within the south, he stated.

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The realm they had been instructed to function inside extends from the Israeli border and the Golan Heights to the Litani river.

A map of Lebanon showing the Litani and Awali rivers.

The battle between Israel and Hezbollah erupted a yr in the past when the Iranian-backed group began launching rockets at northern Israel in help of Palestinian militant group Hamas, initially of the Gaza warfare.

It has intensified in current weeks, with Israel bombing southern Lebanon, Beirut’s southern suburbs and the Bekaa Valley, killing a lot of Hezbollah’s prime leaders, and sending floor troops throughout the border.

Hezbollah, for its half, has fired rockets deeper into Israel.

An Israeli strike in a single day on Thursday within the coronary heart of Beirut killed 22 individuals and wounded 139, Lebanese caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati stated.

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Women stand next to damaged vehicles at the site of an Israeli air strike, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Beirut, Lebanon, October 11, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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Scores killed in central Beirut strike

Lebanon’s military stated two of its troopers had been killed and three others had been wounded when Israeli forces hit a constructing close to one in all its navy posts in Kafra within the south.

Israel stated its marketing campaign in Lebanon goals to make northern Israel secure for tens of 1000’s of people that had been pressured to go away during the last yr by Hezbollah rocket fireplace.

Greater than 1.2 million individuals have been displaced by Israel’s expanded operation, in keeping with the Lebanese authorities, which stated greater than 2,100 individuals have been killed and over 10,000 wounded within the preventing.

In the meantime, Israeli navy strikes killed a minimum of 61 Palestinians throughout the Gaza Strip on Friday, medics advised Reuters.

Practically half of the deaths occurred in Jabalia – Gaza’s largest refugee camp. Medecins Sans Frontieres, also referred to as Docs With out Borders, has warned that 1000’s of persons are trapped within the camp as Israel assaults the world.

The Israeli navy stated it has killed dozens of militants in Jabalia.

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