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.
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Downvote the bot? They do in every thread, form of protest against it from what I’ve read. They don’t like 1 person with a bias generating a bases for everyone as to whether a source is legitimate, as it could skew unfamiliar people to believe what isn’t true. Also, it’s frame of left/right is bias towards a localized perception from their area, not a global perception.
What the fuck
Don’t forget that Israeli affiliated militias assassinated their UN negotiator in 1948.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folke_Bernadotte
The leader of the assassination plot was the future founder of the modern Likud party and future prime Minister, Yitzhak Shamir. He lead the Likud party until 1993 when Netanyahu took over. His Wikipedia page is absolutely fucked.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhak_Shamir
This and their attacks on the UNRWA are far from the first times Israel has been at war with the UN.
Can’t get more evil than the israelis
Man, imagine being a neighbor to those psycopaths. Or even worse, imagine being born Palestinian.
I’m sure the US will protest this time with real energy and will then send another billion in military equipment.
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.
I’m sure the US will protest this time with real energy
Are you thinking ‘sternly worded memo’ or ‘a leak that Biden is outraged behind the scenes’, but not officially? Those seem extreme.
How about one or all 3 of these:
- We order 100 pizzas to the Netenyahu family house that they didnt even order themselves, and leak a photo of Biden on the phone to the media. We’ll pay for those pizzas of course.
- We could also send a prepaid hot stone masseuse to their home who also had a mildly questionable political bumper sticker on their car.
- We could send the far right Israel government leaders on a luxury vacation, but ensure that the little bottles of alchohol in first class on the plane are extra small sized. I’ve never been in first class myself, but I can imagine that would be extremely frustrating.
I’m sure the UN peacekeepers were hanging around hospitals, schools and/or Palestinians