Biden 'absolutely' urges Israel to stop firing at UN peacekeepers in Lebanon | DW News

US President Joe Biden says he is 'absolutely' urging Israel to stop firing at UN peacekeepers in Lebanon. It follows two incidents in 48 hours.
The peacekeeping force, known as UNIFIL, says explosions hit its headquarters on Friday in the Lebanese village of Naqoura, injuring two personnel. That followed another strike on Thursday in which two soldiers were hurt. Israel's military says its forces were responding to an 'immediate threat' close by. The leaders of France, Italy and Spain have described the incidents as serious violations of international law.
Humanitarian groups are warning that the war between Israel and Hezbollah is pushing Lebanon into an ever-widening crisis.
As the fighting escalates, governments continue to evacuate their citizens. Beirut airport is still operating but, because of fears over safety, most international airlines have suspended flights. Earlier this week some stranded EU citizens managed to fly out on a Belgian military plane. DW's Rosie Birchard reports.

00:00 Israel fires on UN peacekeepers
00:40 Journalist Ruth Michaelson reports from Beirut
04:35 DW speaks with Maureen Philippon, Country director of the Norwegian Refugee Council in Lebanon

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[CrawfordPrime]

Israel won’t listen to anyone and nobody will punish them for it.

[flatgarage-bfsg]

What about the "serious violation of International law" that has been going on since 2006 not implementing Resolution 1701 by the UN?

[makezela]

UN peace keepers have been in Southern Lebanon yet Hesbollah operates freely by firing rockets and missiles at Israel? What peace have they been keeping?

[Me-oejs]

UN should leave they failed enforce resolution.

[pewlookalikegaming]

If you want those peacekeepers to stop being attacked, tell those peacekeepers to stop hiding terrorists. Speakthetruth Showed me how they did it.

[goredawg]

UN acting as security guards for Hezboolah's weaponstores.

[olotuayodavid]

What is UNIFL doing there when they can't stop Hezbollah from storing up weapons and digging various tunnels in the area to attack Israel??
UNIFL was supposed to enforce Resolution 1701 but they didn't. They should leave the area and let IDF do the needful.

[paperpenpencilboxruler]

Wow, Hezbollah terrorist manage to stock up on rockets and bombs and not enforcing the resolution 1701 for Hezbollah to witdrawal beyond the litani river. 😂 that Journalist should be sacked.

[stewartkennedy]

What are they doing there? UN needs to pull out because they have done nothing there.

[diazvirdani]

*Israel🇮🇱 & USA🇺🇲 must respect ICC & soveregnity territorial integrity of Lebanon, Palestine (Gaza strip, east Jerusalem, West Bank), Syria (Golan). end war & keep peace!*

[Fedra_Hope]

Whaaat? Peace ☮️ keepers 😘😂😂😂😂 UN is a joke

[greenbike]

Is a war zone, what do they expect ? War is not a game.

[forcealchemist]

To be fair, Israel asked them to leave over a week ago to avoid situations like these. The UNIFIL troops have done nothing to enforce resolution 1701 over the last 18 years and allowed Hezbollah to establish bases in close proximity to the UNIFIL base. What are they actually doing there at this point besides creating a potential diplomatic incident?

[johnmwaura]

did those useless un prevent hezbollah terrorist provoking israel

[emmanuelambe]

how did Hezbollahs built it force with UN troops and they r not there to stop Hezbollahs

[blacklisted]

UN should defend themselves against any attacker

[rbital]

Israel is undertaking the enforcement of UN Resolution 1701, a task typically assigned to UNIFIL, aimed at ending hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel and establishing a buffer zone. UNIFIL has failed miserably in implementing what it had set out to accomplish.

[jimboersma]

Stop calling them peace keepers when they dont keep any peace.

[danielssanky]

What are they doing while terror are terrorising other countries

[buddy]

In Gaza the UN "peacekeepers" let Hamas fire rockets from their parking lot. Something similar probably happened in Lebanon as well.