Western Leaders Urge Israel To Stop Harming UN Peacekeepers

Leaders of the western countries have called on the Israeli government to stop harming United Nations, UN, peacekeepers in Lebanon after explosions wounded two of them near the country’s border.

The Israeli military said its forces on Friday fired at a threat near a UN peacekeeping mission position.

A spokesperson for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, mission said two Sri Lankan peacekeepers were hurt in the second such incident in two days.

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US President Joe Biden told reporters he was absolutely, positively asking Israel to stop firing at UN peacekeepers in Lebanon.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron said it was absolutely unacceptable that peacekeepers were deliberately targeted.

The foreign ministry summoned the Israeli ambassador, saying the incident constituted serious violations of international law and must cease immediately.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the firing, which she said violated a UN resolution, as unacceptable.

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez demanded an end to all violence against UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, calling Friday’s incident absolutely unacceptable.

Ireland’s foreign minister Micheal Martin called it a shocking and unacceptable development and a very serious intensification of IDF hostility towards UN forces.

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