“The attack on UN peacekeepers is a serious violation of Security Council resolutions and humanitarian law.”
(Markaba = AP/Newsis) The base of the United Nations peacekeeping force (UNIFIL) stationed in the Israeli border area in southern Lebanon. The leaders of France, Italy, and Spain issued a joint statement on the 11th condemning the Israeli military attack on a UNIFIL post in the Nakura region of southern Lebanon on the 10th (local time), which injured two UN soldiers and destroyed communication equipment and vehicles. . 2024.10.12.
(Paris = Xinhua/Newsis) Reporter Kang Young-jin = French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez issued a joint statement condemning the Israeli military’s attack on the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on the 11th (local time). announced.
“We express our outrage at the wounding of several peacekeepers in Nakura,” the statement read, according to a press release from the Elise Palace. This attack was a serious violation of Israel’s obligations under UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and international humanitarian law. “Such attacks are unjustifiable and must stop immediately.”
UNIFIL announced on the 10th that an Israeli tank attacked the Nakura command post in southern Lebanon, injuring two people.
UNIFIL also said that Israeli soldiers had arrived at the entrance to a bunker at the UN base in Labuneh, where peacekeepers were sheltering, destroying vehicles and communications equipment.
UNIFIL announced on the 11th that an explosion occurred near an observation post on the Lebanese border in the Labuneh region, injuring two additional peacekeepers.
“We recall that all peacekeepers must be protected and emphasize that we commend UNIFIL troops and personnel for their continued essential contribution in these difficult circumstances,” the joint statement said.
The three leaders further called for an immediate ceasefire and full implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701 by all parties as the only way for the people of Israel and Lebanon to return home safely.
Security Council Resolution 1701, adopted in 2006, calls for an end to conflict between Israel and Lebanon.
Since the 23rd of last month, the Israeli military has been carrying out unprecedented large-scale air strikes on Lebanon.
Since early this month, ground forces have been conducting ground operations targeting Hezbollah along the Lebanese border and have increased airstrikes and artillery strikes in the southern part of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, which is controlled by Hezbollah.
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