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The image of the U.N., which cannot even protect its own personnel, is a source of shame and concern for the international system,
Erdoğan said in remarks after a cabinet meeting Indeed, we also wonder what the U.N. Security Council is waiting for to stop Israel,
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 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 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."
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,
We should be against Israeli attacks against UNIFIL. Our soldiers are there, many soldiers are there,
said Borrell, speaking at an EU ministerial meeting in Luxembourg Such attacks against UN peacekeepers constitute a grave violation of international law and are totally unacceptable. These attacks must stop immediately,
Borrell said in a statement on behalf of the EU published Sunday night The EU condemns all attacks against UN missions,
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 Each member of the U.N. Security Council is obligated to prevent Israeli attacks against the UN forces they have personally mandated,