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We listen to the opinions of the United States, but we will make our final decisions based on our national interest.”
In a statement to the Post, Netanyahu's office said Australia will continue to hold Iran to account for its reckless and destabilizing actions,
Of course the safety and security of the peacekeepers is a paramount priority,
The safety of UN personnel and property must be guaranteed. The inviolability of UN premises must be respected at all times. Attacks against peacekeepers are in breach of international law and may constitute a war crime. UNIFIL personnel and premises must never be targeted."
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on X on Sunday Attacks against peacekeepers are in breach of international law, including international humanitarian law,
Guterres said, ... according to a statement from his spokesman Several peacekeepers have been wounded,
she said in a statement after closed-door Security Council consultations This meeting was about the Security Council coming together to give a statement with one voice of support to UNIFIL,
Al Jazeera’s Gabriel Elizondo reported from UN headquarters in New York There are some countries with quite a few peacekeepers there. Some in the hundreds, a couple with over a thousand,
Al Jazeera’s Elizondo said of UNIFIL We are staying. We are in the south of Lebanon under a Security Council mandate, so it’s important to keep an international presence and to keep the UN flag in the area,
a spokesman for the group said on Monday U.N. peacekeepers and U.N. premises must never be the target of an attack,
said the council, reiterating its support for UNIFIL and the operation's importance for regional stability UNIFIL cannot prevent the hostilities,
Russian U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said on Monday We have to stand against ... every suggestion that if resolution 1701 was not implemented it's because UNIFIL did not implement, which was never its mandate,
said Lacroix, stressing that UNIFIL had a supporting role Five peacekeepers have been injured during these incidents, including one peacekeeper who sustained a bullet wound,
U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters on Monday The decision was made that UNIFIL would currently stay in all its positions in spite of the calls that were made by the Israel Defense Forces to vacate the positions that are in the vicinity of the Blue Line,
said UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix I want to emphasise that this decision still remains,
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,
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,
Against the backdrop of the ongoing hostilities in southern Lebanon and despite attacks that have hit United Nations positions, injuring a number of peacekeepers in the past several days, UNIFIL peacekeepers remain in all positions and the U.N. flag continues to fly."
Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the secretary-general, said 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."