Israel Attacking Peacekeepers

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwylekwngz8o.amp
 

the "most humane army in the world" strikes again

[naomi24]

//Israel Attacking Peacekeepers//

 

No they're not.  Read your link.

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that's what my link says

[Khandro]

It's what happens if 'peacekeepers' interfere by wandering around in a war zone. 

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"Israel has faced international condemnation for previous instances in which Unifil troops have been injured in southern Lebanon - with the IDF admitting responsibility for firing toward UN posts in some cases."

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On Saturday, Unifil said a soldier had been shot at its headquarters in the city of Naquora - though it did not know the origin of the bullet.

The day before, the IDF said its troops were responsible for an incident in which two Unifil troops from Sri Lanka were injured.

On Thursday, two Indonesian Unifil soldiers were injured falling from an observation tower after an Israeli tank fired towards it.

Those incidents prompted rebukes from several of Israel's allies, including France, Italy and Spain. A Downing Street spokesperson said the UK was "appalled"."

 

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i don't know of you are aware of this khandro but israel committed a horrifying massacre in Lebanon over two days in 1982. I expect the UN might be a bit worried that they'll do something similar if left unsupervised

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"Israel has faced international condemnation for previous instances in which Unifil troops have been injured in southern Lebanon - with the IDF admitting responsibility for firing toward UN posts in some cases." [Emphasis added]

[naomi24]

untitled, I don't see where it says they 'attacked'.  It gives reasons for doing what they did so to claim 'attack' is, I think, dramatising it somewhat.

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firing on people counts as an attack in my book 

[Old_Geezer]

There is no peace to keep, so what are they doing there ? Acting as human shields ?

[Khandro]

UN 'peacekeepers' are as useless as the UN itself, which has been so since it was founded.

The only way peace can be achieved is for one side to prevail or for politicians to reach an agreement.

Soldiers in the front line obey orders from their senior officers, no one else. 

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soldiers can actually refuse to carry out inhumane orders khandro

[Sinead_O]

Have you actually read the article, Unititled?  

Israel advised the UN peacekeepers to "immediately" get its troops "out of harm's way" in a video statement issued by the PM's office on Sunday, claiming that their presence in the region made them "hostages of Hezbollah".  Unifil has so far refused these requests.  So they are not in any position to complain- they were warned.

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why should unifil do what israel tells them? they are there to provide humanitarian assistance and prevent massacres like the sabra and shatila massacre. Israel just wants them gone so they can commit atrocities.