girlfreddyOct 13, 2024

UN says Israeli tanks burst through gates of peacekeeper base

https://lemmy.ca/post/30881107

UN says Israeli tanks burst through gates of peacekeeper base - Lemmy.ca

The United Nations said on Sunday Israeli tanks had burst through the gates of a base of its peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, the latest accusation of Israeli violations and attacks that have been denounced by Israel’s own allies. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the United Nations to evacuate the troops of the UNIFIL peacekeeping force from combat areas in Lebanon. Hours later, the force reported what it described as additional Israeli violations, including two Israeli Merkava tanks destroying the main gate of a base and forcibly entering before dawn that morning. Soon after the tanks left, shells exploded 100 metres away, releasing smoke which blew across the base and sickened U.N. personnel, causing 15 to require treatment despite wearing gas masks, it said. It did not say who fired the shells or what sort of toxic substance it suspected. It also accused Israel’s IDF military of halting a logistics convoy. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to the statement.

Show threadFlying SquidOct 13, 2024

Has anyone informed Scorpius?!

Seriously though, Israel has proven over and over again that it has no respect for the UN whatsoever. Maybe it’s time to kick them out, at least until they have a fucking non-genocidal government.

Show threadDarthJonOct 14, 2024
What have those “peacekeepers” been doing for the past 20 years, aside from watching while Hezbollah turns southern Lebanon into a terrorist base? Do they snack on popcorn while watching Hezbollah’s rockets fly into Israel?
Show threadFlying SquidOct 14, 2024
Maybe you could look into it. Do you think there might be some sort of big global network of computers full of information you could use to find out?
Show threadDarthJonOct 14, 2024
You should use that network to look up “rhetorical question”
Show threadFlying SquidOct 14, 2024

Your rhetorical question better be backed up with evidence if you don’t want it getting deleted.

Edit: 9 hours later… no evidence.

Show threadDarthJonOct 14, 2024

The evidence is the fact that the UN has been stationed in southern Lebanon since 2006 and in that time Hezbollah has established bases all across the region, which is in direct violation of UN Resolution 1701, and now the IDF is coming across those bases and weapons caches within spitting distance of UN watchtowers. And even after Hezbollah declared war on Israel by launching rockets into Israel starting on Oct 8, 2023, those same UN peacekeepers have done nothing to stop them and have tried to prevent Israel from retaliating.

So although it was a rhetorical question, it really wasn’t.

Show threadFlying SquidOct 14, 2024

Sorry, you just declaring things to be the case is not evidence. No one has any reason to just take your word for it.

You get one more chance to provide actual evidence before you’re out of here for spreading misinformation.

Show threadDarthJonOct 14, 2024
This is hilarious. I have to provide evidence for what literally everyone knows is happening in the world right now? Okay, here we go. reuters.com/…/israel-strikes-lebanon-after-hezbol… abcnews.go.com/International/…/story?id=111593691 washingtonpost.com/…/isarel-military-lebanon-sout… timesofisrael.com/un-peacekeepers-confirm-existen… (This is a good one. UNIFIL found a tunnel from Lebanon into Israel back in 2018 and said, “We’ll speak to the Lebanese authorities about it.” Well done.)
Israel, Hezbollah exchange artillery, rocket fire

Israel and Lebanon's powerful armed group Hezbollah exchanged artillery and rocket fire on Sunday following the deadliest attack in years by Palestinian gunmen on Israel.

Reuters
Show threadFlying Squid

Sorry, none of that backs up your misinformation post that the UN peacekeepers have done nothing in Lebanon for the past 20 years but “snack on popcorn” while Hezbollah fires missiles.

None of that suggests that UNIFIL does nothing. In fact, if UNIFIL found that tunnel, they were doing something.

So you just admitted yourself that your initial comment was misinformation. You’re gone.

Oct 14, 2024 at 2:28pmWeb