Unifil chief says UN troops are not going to withdraw, even though Netanyahu is calling for just that.
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The soldiers of the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, Unifil, are staying where they are.
This is what Unifil boss Jean Pierre Lacroix says on Monday.
His statement comes after five UN soldiers were wounded last week in southern Lebanon.
Earlier Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on UN troops to withdraw from the area close to the border in southern Lebanon.
But that is not going to happen, says Lacroix.
Unifil announced on Thursday that an Israeli tank had fired at a guard tower near the town of Naqoura.
This led to two UN soldiers falling from the tower and being slightly injured.
Only on Friday, two more people were injured when shots were fired at their observation post at Naquora.
And on Friday evening, another UN soldier was wounded by gunfire. It is currently unknown who fired shots at the soldier.
Netanyahu has denied that Israeli soldiers intentionally fired at the UNIFIL soldiers.
Source: politiken.dk
