JAlready on Thursday, two Indonesian peacekeepers were injured after Israeli fire on the UNIFIL HQ, causing an international outcry, with Rome going so far as to speak of possible “war crimes” and Paris summoning the Israeli ambassador to France on Friday.
On Friday again, reports UNIFIL, which has 10,000 men deployed in southern Lebanon, this headquarters “suffered explosions for the second time in 48 hours” almost a « tour d’observation » et “two peacekeepers were injured”.
In addition, “Israeli tanks advanced” et “an Israeli army bulldozer brought down sections of the protective wall” of a UNIFIL position in the Lebanese village of Labbouné, added this force. “These acts pose a very great risk to the peacekeepers”she continues.
UNIFIL has been calling for a year for an end to hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, who have been at war for three weeks.
On Thursday, she accused Israeli troops of shooting “repeatedly” on its positions, reporting that they had “deliberately fired at the position’s cameras, rendering them inoperable” et “on a position where tripartite meetings were held regularly before this conflict”.
UN boss Antonio Guterres denounced a “violation of international humanitarian law”.
Immediately, Rome, the leading Western country contributing to UNIFIL in terms of personnel, with nearly 900 soldiers mobilized, summoned the Israeli ambassador.
Shortly after, France and Italy announced that they would bring together the other contributing European countries (Spain and Ireland) next week.
European Council President Charles Michel condemned attack «irresponsible» et “unacceptable”, while the Irish Prime Minister, Simon Harris, who has 370 peacekeepers in Lebanon, added: “this must stop.”
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