Israeli forces shoot at UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, wounding two
Israeli forces shoot at UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, wounding two
Unifil warns any attack on peacekeepers violates international law after two fall from observation tower under fire
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.
the countires those soldiers are from should bring in some jets and take care of that problem. Putitng up with being shot by far right wing fascists is some shameful bullshit.
I don't think anyone on the UN is ready to declare war on the United States, no matter how much we deserve it.
What the fuck is wrong with these assholes?
Maybe they're using the tried-and-tested strategy of targeting UN forces to make them leave. It happened in Rwanda too, they killed those Belgian peacekeepers and then Belgium and France pulled out. Shortly after that, the Rwandan start their genocide. At least the Israelis seem to have just wounded the peacekeepers, unlike the Rwandan, who hacked the Belgian with machetes. Nevertheless, it doesn't look very promising.
The Israelis did it in 2006 as well. killed 4 UN peacekeepers chilling in their post. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_incidents_during_the_2006_Lebanon_War
They did it during the 6 day war too, if I recall correctly. Rolled up on some UN peacekeepers trying to leave the sinai and opened up on them.
Its clearly standard operating procedure to murder some UN peacekeepers. Its not like they are hard to pick out in their blue painted vehicles and structures. Its just plain old murder.
Can you name a settler colonial project that committed a genocide that wouldn't fire at peacekeepers?
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.
I'm sure the US will protest this time with real energy and will then send another billion in military equipment.
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.
Attacking UN peacekeepers is unacceptable.....but we will accept it
They were irish UN peacekeepers and Ireland is one of 4 countries in Europe that isnt part of NATO. What a strange coincidence that it'd be Irish peacekeepers who were shelled.
Tis but a flesh wound!
Biden is working on setting up a coup in Lebanon
The worst part is that you may be right
Edit: grammar
Can't get more evil than the israelis
Man, imagine being a neighbor to those psycopaths. Or even worse, imagine being born Palestinian.
Israel: "No, you!"
I’m sure the UN peacekeepers were hanging around hospitals, schools and/or Palestinians
Why are they even there?
From a real news source: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-peacekeepers-lebanon-say-we-are-staying-despite-israeli-attacks-2024-10-10/
UNIFIL is mandated by the Security Council to help the Lebanese army keep the country's south free of weapons and armed personnel other than those of the state. That has sparked friction with Hezbollah, which effectively controls the area.
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They're supposed to be Peacekeepers not Peace Makers. There's a war happening and usually Peacekeepers leave the area when it becomes an active war.
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Their mission was to find Hezbollah weapons... well it seems they weren't all that effective at doing that mission. Anyway, the IDF will remove those weapons for them. So they no longer have a mission to be there to do.
This is extremely incompetent on the part of the UN. It's a struggle for the UN to get countries to volunteer soldiers to be UN Peacekeepers. The UN using Peacekeepers as human shields isn't going to help in that. Peacekeepers serve an important function, and the UN putting them in unnecessary danger because it's upset at Israel is completely irresponsible.
Why the fuck is the IDF there?
They are there because the Israelis act like spolied violent children. They dont WANT to be there.
Israel targeting Civilians and UN personnel/facilities with the justification of 'human shields' is nothing new.
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