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MADRID 11 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres, has condemned the Israeli attacks on troops and facilities of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and has conveyed “very clearly” to the Government of Benjamin Netanyahu that these are “intolerable” events. “.
“They cannot be repeated,” Guterres said during a press conference from Laos, where he participated in a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). In fact, he stressed that the two ‘blue helmets’ injured on Wednesday by the impact of a projectile on an observation tower are Indonesian and, therefore, “belong to ASEAN.”
The head of the UN has warned that shooting at facilities linked to the organization represents “a violation of International Humanitarian Law.” “Peace forces must be protected by all parties to the conflict and what has happened is, obviously, reprehensible,” he added.
Despite international condemnation, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) alleged on Thursday that the Lebanese Shiite militia party Hezbollah operates in some areas near UNIFIL surveillance posts and that before attacking these positions it recommended to the forces international organizations that were sheltered in protected areas.
This Friday, two other ‘blue helmets’ were injured in a new attack against the mission’s headquarters in the city of Naqoura, located in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese media.
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