Updates: Israeli attacks on UN in Lebanon draw international condemnation
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These were the updates on Israel’s attacks on Lebanon for Friday, October 11.

Sorry for the poor links to Al Jazeera’s live page.

Lebanon’s National News Agency is reporting that several Sri Lankan peacekeepers have been injured in another Israeli attack targeting the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) headquarters in southern Lebanon.

The report said an Israeli Merkava tank targeted one of UNIFIL’s observation towers on the main road connecting Tyre to Naqoura, in front of a Lebanese Army checkpoint, injuring the Sri Lankan contingent stationed there.

It said Israeli artillery fired a shell that struck the main entrance of the UNIFIL command centre in Naqoura, causing damage to the site.

To clarify, after wounding two Indonesian UN peacekeepers yesterday, Israel has attacked the UN again injuring Sri Lankan UN peacekeepers.

  • abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us
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    23 days ago

    It was a tank firing an artillery shell…
    It’s not like they can call in an airstrike bro.

    There must be some tit-for-tat proportional response though, like having one of their own tanks fire its own artillery shell in their tank’s general direction or something.

    They’re there because if a country fires on them, it’s supposed to mean a shit ton of sanctions and loss of aid and especially arms sales.

    Having civilian officials there should be enough for that. These are actual military. They have the ability to use force, so they should be authorized to use it.

    The problem is Biden has said repeatedly for decades that he’ll never ever lessen his support for Israel under any situation.
    And Bibi is a big enough dick to take advantage of that.

    The UN is under the direct control of either of these folks, however. Surely the UN agency that placed the Irish troops there has enough autonomy to order rules of engagement? Or perhaps, since these are Irish troops, Ireland might be able to do the same?