[New York Jiji Press] The international community is flooding in with condemnation after the Israeli military opened fire on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on the 10th. The Israeli military explained that it had given orders to remain in safe locations before opening fire, and justified the attack by saying that Hezbollah, a Shiite Muslim group, was operating nearby. On the 10th, Israeli tanks shelled a watchtower at the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqqara, southern Lebanon. Two Indonesian soldiers were taken to hospital. In a statement, UNIFIL said there was no danger to lives, but protested that “any deliberate attack against peacekeepers is a violation of international humanitarian law.” In a statement on the 11th, UNIFIL said there had been another explosion the same day near the Naqra watchtower, injuring two people. The Israeli military said it had fired at a target but that the shells landed at a UNIFIL base about 50 metres away. Indonesia also participated as a concerned country in an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council held on the 10th to discuss the situation in Lebanon. “It is unacceptable,” he said. China and France also harshly criticized the move, and the United States expressed “deep concern.” In addition, at a press conference on the 10th, Italian Defense Minister Crosetto, the second largest troop-contributing country after Indonesia, claimed that “this could constitute a war crime.” They revealed that they had protested to Israeli Defense Minister Galant. Mao Ning, deputy director of the Information Department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, stressed at a press conference on the 11th that China expresses “serious concern and strong condemnation” to Israel. UNIFIL is a peacekeeping operation (PKO) established based on a United Nations Security Council resolution in 1978. A total of about 10,000 troops from 50 countries are in southern Lebanon monitoring the ceasefire and carrying out other tasks. Israel, which is expanding its front line in Lebanon, is calling for evacuation, but UNIFIL has not complied. Jiji.com News Published on October 12, 2024 at 00:19.
>>1 Israel used to have many companies with advanced technology, and Japan also introduced and sold their products to them, but we haven’t heard much about it recently, and it’s a shame that recent actions suggest it’s inevitable that people are distancing themselves from Israel.
Any deliberate attack on peacekeeping forces is a violation of international humanitarian law. Even though there’s a war going on, is it the Iraqi side that’s telling them to stop? Destroy the UN with an atomic bomb ^q^.
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