Strypey"Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fired on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon early Thursday morning, according to UNIFIL, the mission operating along the Security Council-mandated “Blue Line” of separation between the two countries which they patrol."
Tzafrir@strypey
And you bring to have to dig up this story from almost a month ago because on last Tuesday, 8 UNIFIL people were injured in a Hezbollah rocket attack:
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/austria-says-eight-its-unifil-troops-lebanon-injured-rocket-attack-2024-10-29/
And you bring to have to dig up this story from almost a month ago because on last Tuesday, 8 UNIFIL people were injured in a Hezbollah rocket attack:
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/austria-says-eight-its-unifil-troops-lebanon-injured-rocket-attack-2024-10-29/
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@tzafrir
> you bring to have to dig up this story from almost a month ago because
... it was the first I'd heard of it. I posted the link because I thought it was notable that Likud and the IDF are now effectively at war with the UN, as well as with their neighbours.
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I condemn all attacks on civilians, civilians targets, aid workers and UN personnel. Regardless of which of the many groups of armed religious fascists in the region was responsible for them.
But it's pretty clear to me that
a) the IDF pose a much more serious threat, to all four, than any of the Islamist militias
b) The violence of any one group, against any of the four, is no excuse for another group to do more of the same.
As the old saying goes, two wrongs don't make a right.
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The article you link to says;
"UNIFIL said earlier this month it had come under several 'deliberate' attacks by Israeli forces and efforts to help civilians in villages in the war zone were being hampered by Israeli shelling."
Yet the best you can offer as a covering excuse for these multiple confirmed IDF attacks on UN Peacekeepers is to handwave at a rocket attack that UNFIL thinks was ...
"... likely by Hizbullah or an affiliated group ..."
... although this is unconfirmed.