Netanyahu asks for UN to relocate peacekeepers in Lebanon– DW– 10/13/2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has actually contacted the United Nations to leave peacekeepers from combat zone in southerly Lebanon.

“Mr Secretary General, get the UNIFIL forces out of harm’s way. It should be done right now, immediately,” Netanyahu stated in a video clip shared by his workplace on Sunday.

Speaking at a Cabinet conference, Netanyahu stated Israeli pressures had actually asked UNIFIL a number of times to leave yet it had “met with repeated refusals.”

At the very least 5 participants of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) have actually been injured in current days amidst battling in between Israel and Hezbollah.

“We regret the injuring of UNIFIL soldiers and we are doing everything in our power to prevent this injuring,” Netanyahu stated. “But the simple and obvious way to ensure this is simply to get them out of the danger zone.”

Iran’s international priest stated there would certainly be “no red lines” for the nation when it involves protecting its individuals.

“While we have made tremendous efforts in recent days to contain an all-out war in our region, I say it clearly that we have no red lines in defending our people and interests,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated on social networks.

His remarks came in advance of an expected Israeli revenge for Iran’s current projectile assault.

Pope Francis asked for United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon to be “respected,” after they charged Israel’s armed force of purposely shooting on their placements.

“I am close to all the people involved, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, where I ask that the UN peacekeepers be respected,” Francis stated at the Vatican.

The pope’s remarks followed the UNIFIL peacekeeping pressure stated in current days that its soldiers have actually repetitively come under attack in the Lebanese community of Naqura where it is headquartered, in addition to in various other placements. Five UNIFIL employees have actually been harmed.

UNIFIL, which includes concerning 9,500 soldiers of some 50 races, is charged with, to name a few points, keeping track of a cease-fire that finished the 33-day 2006 battle in between Israel and Hezbollah.

Pope Francis likewise called once more “for an immediate cease-fire on all fronts that the paths of diplomacy and dialogue be pursued to achieve peace.”

Hezbollah stated it encountered Israeli soldiers near the town of Ramia in southerly Lebanon on Sunday.

The Lebanese team stated its boxers detonated eruptive gadgets at Israeli soldiers and “clashed with them as they attempted to infiltrate” the town.

The team likewise asserted to have actually accomplished assaults on Israeli soldiers somewhere else near the boundary.

Israel’s armed force stated it is remaining to take down “terrorist infrastructure” in southerly Lebanon.

“Over the past day, the IAF [Israeli Air Force] has struck approximately 200 Hezbollah targets deep in Lebanon and southern Lebanon, including terrorist cells, launchers, anti-tank missile posts, and terrorist infrastructure sites,” it stated.

The Lebanese Red Cross stated several of its paramedics were harmed by an Israeli airstrike in southerly Lebanon on Sunday while they were looking for casualties from an earlier strike.

“Following the airstrike on a house in Sirbine… Lebanese Red Cross ambulance teams were dispatched to the scene in coordination with” UN peacekeepers, the Red Cross stated in a declaration.

“As the team was searching for casualties to rescue, the house was hit for a second time resulting in concussions to the volunteers and damage to the two ambulances,” it included.