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Security Council deplores attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon amid intensified Israeli aggression

Thursday, 14 November 2024 6:54 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 14 November 2024 6:54 AM ]

A member of the Malaysian battalion of the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) sits on the ground after he was injured at the site of an Israeli airstrike at the northern entrance of the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, on November 7, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has denounced recent attacks on the peacekeeping mission in Lebanon as Israel keeps targeting its bases deliberately.

In a press statement released on Wednesday, the 15-member body "condemned the several incidents that impacted the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) positions and injured UNIFIL peacekeepers in the past weeks."

It also urged the parties to the conflict in Lebanon to take all measures to respect the safety and security of UNIFIL personnel and premises, stressing that peacekeepers must never be the target of an attack.

Israel has been carrying out bloody acts of terror and aggression across Lebanon after the regime unleashed its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

At least 3,287 people have been killed and 14,222 others injured in Israeli assaults on Lebanon since early October 2023, according to the country’s health ministry.

Israel launched a ground invasion of Lebanon on 1 October. Since then, the occupation forces have repeatedly fired on positions held by UNIFIL, an international body of over 10,000 civilian and military personnel from 50 countries.

Last week, UNIFIL said that the Israeli military's "deliberate and direct destruction" of its property is a flagrant violation of international law.

EU condemns Israeli attack on UN peacekeepers

The European Union has condemned an Israeli attack that put at risk a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) convoy and "left several peacekeepers wounded.”

Additionally in its statement, the UNSC reiterated its "full support" for UNIFIL, appreciating the countries that contribute troops to the international force.

It further voiced "deep concern for civilian casualties and sufferings, the destruction of civilian infrastructure, the damage to cultural heritage sites in Lebanon ... and the rising number of internally displaced people."

It also called for the full implementation of Resolution 1701 that ended Israel's 2006 war on Lebanon.

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