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It is time for you to withdraw UNIFIL from Hezbollah strongholds and from the areas of combat."
Speaking in Hebrew, Netanyahu told the U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres The details of the incident involving UNIFIL soldiers in southern Lebanon are currently being investigated. In the coming days, we will continue to promote a dialogue on this issue with the relevant parties at the UN."
Hezbollah terrorists are using UNIFIL outposts as hiding places and as places of ambushes. The U.N.'s insistence on keeping the UNIFIL soldiers in the line of fire is incomprehensible,
The Secretary-General reiterates that the safety and security of U.N. personnel and property must be guaranteed and that the inviolability of U.N. premises must be respected at all times without qualification. In a deeply worrying incident that occurred today, the entrance door of a U.N. position was deliberately breached by IDF armored vehicles."
While the IDF is working against the terrorist organization Hezbollah, we requested that UNIFIL forces move five kilometers (approx 3.1 miles) north of the border in order to stay out of the line of fire. Unfortunately, at this time, this request has not been accepted."
Over the past month, approximately 25 rockets and missiles have been launched at Israeli communities and IDF troops from Hezbollah’s terrorist compounds embedded near UNIFIL posts in southern Lebanon, exploiting their proximity to U.N. forces. One of the attacks resulted in the deaths of two IDF soldiers. Hezbollah uses compounds located above and below ground to carry out terrorist attacks against the State of Israel."
The IDF said in a statement For 18 years, UNIFIL personnel ignored the Hezbollah bases along the border and did not report any Resolution 1701 violations, which states that only the Lebanese army is allowed to operate in the area."
We are actually standing in a military base of Hezbollah very close to the UN,
Norkin said, pointing to the shaft's trap door in an area covered by undergrowth and overlooked by a UN observation post They were prepared for attacking us and (launching) a large invasion into the north of Israel,
Rafowicz said, showing the journalists crates of weapons We found several days ago a huge quantity of weapons originally coming from Iran and Russia. Brand new,
said Colonel Olivier Rafowicz Many European members are participating in this mission,
The 27 (EU) members agreed on asking (the) Israelis to stop attacking UNIFIL,
Borrell told reporters ahead of a meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers in Luxembourg It's completely unacceptable attacking UN troops,
At around 4:30 am, while peacekeepers were in shelters, two IDF Merkava tanks destroyed the position’s main gate and forcibly entered the shelter” in the Ramia area, before departing 45 minutes later
Israel's regular attacks on UNIFIL demonstrate that the Netanyahu government is pursuing an occupation policy toward Lebanon and is prepared to use weapons under any circumstances,
the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement UNIFIL personnel and its premises must never be targeted,
Stephane Dujarric said, referring to the blue-helmeted international force Each member of the U.N. Security Council is obligated to prevent Israeli attacks against the UN forces they have personally mandated,
For the fourth time in as many days, we remind the IDF and all actors of their obligations to ensure the safety and security of UN personnel and property and to respect the inviolability of UN premises at all times."
For the sake of evacuating the wounded, two tanks drove backward, in a place where they could not advance otherwise in light of the threat of shooting, a few meters towards the Unifil position,
This endangers both them and the lives of our soldiers,