Israeli fire against UN peacekeepers in Lebanon is “unacceptable”, reacts Charles Michel

Shots “unacceptable”. From Laos, where he is traveling, the President of the European Council Charles Michel condemned, Friday October 11, the Israeli fire against the UN peacekeepers deployed in Lebanon (UNIFIL). “An attack on a UN peacekeeping mission is irresponsible, unacceptable, and that is why we call on Israel and all parties to fully respect international humanitarian law.”declares the President of the European Council, in an interview with AFP. Follow our live stream.

The UN force accuses Israel of firing on its headquarters in Lebanon. Two peacekeepers were injured after an Israeli armored vehicle fired at an observation tower at the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Naqoura, in southern Lebanon. This strike caused a diplomatic outcry.

22 dead and 117 injured in Israeli raids in Beirut Thursday evening. The toll of the Lebanese health ministry continues to rise after the deadliest raids in the capital since Israel and Hezbollah were at open war. This is the third time that Israeli aircraft have targeted the Lebanese capital since September 23.

The Israeli army says it has killed the leader of Islamic Jihad from the Nour Shams camp in the West Bank. “A plane struck the Tulkarem area and eliminated Mohammed Abdullah, head of the Islamic Jihad terrorist network in Nour Shams,” indicates the army in a press release. She accuses him of being “involved in numerous attacks in the region”according to a press release published on Telegram.


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