UN peacekeepers accuse Israel of ‘deliberate and direct’ attack in Lebanon
Al Jazeera
The Israeli military, which has hit UNIFIL positions several times, denies responsibility despite footage.
United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon have reported another Israeli assault on their positions as ground and air attacks on Lebanon continue to claim lives.
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Friday that two Israeli military excavators and one bulldozer had destroyed part of a fence and a concrete structure at a UN base in Ras Naqoura a day earlier.
The Israeli military denied any activity after UN forces contacted it to protest, despite UNIFIL publishing footage of the incident online.
The Israeli military’s “deliberate and direct destruction of clearly identifiable UNIFIL property is a flagrant violation of international law and resolution 1701”, UNIFIL said, referring to the UN Security Council resolution aimed at ending the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah.
Since September 30, Israel has repeatedly demanded that UN peacekeepers vacate their internationally mandated premises so it can more freely advance with its ground invasion of southern Lebanon.
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