The spokesman said United Nations Stephane Dujarric said in a statement: “The peacekeeping forces remain subordinate For UNIFIL In all locations, the United Nations flag is still flying.”
“The Secretary-General stressed that UNIFIL personnel and buildings should never be targeted. He added that attacks on peacekeepers constitute a violation of international law, including International humanitarian law. It has been formed War crime“.
According to Dujarric, Guterres “demands all parties, including… Israeli army By refraining from any actions that expose peacekeeping forces to danger.”
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Sunday that two Israeli Merkava tanks destroyed the main gate of one of its sites and entered it by force.
The Israeli Prime Minister called Benjamin Netanyahu The United Nations today called for the evacuation of UNIFIL personnel from the combat zones in Lebanon, and hours later the international force announced that it had been subjected to what it described as more Israeli violations, including two tanks forcibly storming the gates of one of its bases.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement addressed to Guterres, “The time has come for you to withdraw UNIFIL forces from Hezbollah strongholds and from combat zones.”
Netanyahu explained, “The Israeli army repeatedly requested this, and its requests were rejected, which makes UNIFIL personnel human shields for terrorists.” Hezbollah“.
Hezbollah denies Israel’s accusations of treating peacekeepers hostage and says Israel wants them to leave so as not to be observers of the Israeli cross-border campaign.