UNIFIL accuses Israeli forces of shooting at observation post in southern Lebanon

MADRID 25 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –

Last Tuesday, Israeli soldiers fired at an observation post of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) where there were ‘blue helmets’, who had to retreat “to avoid being shot,” according to what the Israeli military reported this Friday. international mission.

The events occurred near Dhayra, when members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were searching homes. “Upon realizing that they were being observed,” they opened fire on the UNIFIL post, as the mission explained, without specifying possible damage.

UNIFIL had already denounced other “deliberate” actions by Israeli forces, with attacks on mission facilities and personnel. The Government of Benjamin Netanyahu, in fact, has asked the ‘blue helmets’ to leave the area and has denounced that Hezbollah uses them as “human shields.”

“Despite the pressure exerted on the mission and the countries with troops, the peace forces continue in their positions and carry out their work,” the contingent stressed, in a statement in which it reminded all parties that they have the ” obligation” to guarantee the security of United Nations personnel and facilities.

“Any deliberate attack,” he warned, represents “a serious violation of International Humanitarian Law and resolution 1701”, the pillar on which the UNIFIL deployment is based on the so-called ‘Blue Line’ between Israel and Lebanon.