{"id":117166,"date":"2024-11-20T17:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=117166"},"modified":"2024-11-20T09:00:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T07:00:51","slug":"20-00-103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=117166","title":{"rendered":"UN Refuses to Blame Hezbollah for Attacking Peacekeepers in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>UN Refuses to Blame Hezbollah for Attacking Peacekeepers in Lebanon<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Corey Walker<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles drive in Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, southern Lebanon, Oct. 11, 2024. Photo: REUTERS\/Karamallah Daher<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The United Nations announced on Tuesday that four Ghanaian peacekeepers were wounded \u201cmost likely by non-state actors within Lebanon,\u201d noticeably omitting any reference to the\u00a0Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah<\/a>, which wields significant influence across the country and was identified by Israeli forces as responsible for the rocket attack.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFour Ghanaian peacekeepers on duty sustained injuries as a rocket \u2014 fired most likely by non-State actors within Lebanon \u2014 hit their base \u2018UNP 5-42\u2019 in the east of the village of Ramyah,\u201d the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

The UN force added that its \u201cpeacekeepers and facilities were targeted in three separate incidents in south Lebanon.\u201d The attacks were so severe that three peacekeepers were transferred to a local hospital, UNIFIL noted.<\/span><\/p>\n

The peacekeeping mission added that its \u201cSector West Headquarters\u201d in the southern Lebanese village of Shama also endured an attack from several rockets on Tuesday, adding that no peacekeepers were physically harmed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

UNIFIL claimed that one of its bases has been targeted by so-called \u201cnon-state actors\u201d twice over the past week. In addition, the international force said that \u201cwhen a UNIFIL patrol was passing through a road northeast of the village of Khirbat Silim, an armed person directly fired at the patrol\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe pattern of regular attacks \u2014 direct or indirect \u2014 against peacekeepers must end immediately,\u201d UNIFIL concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n

The UN force\u2019s apparent refusal to name Hezbollah received widespread scrutiny on social media, where many users noted that the Iran-backed terrorist organization has been involved in\u00a0active combat near UNIFIL facilities<\/a>\u00a0and is by far the most powerful and widespread non-state actor in Lebanon.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Tuesday that Hezbollah was responsible for the rocket attacks on both Ramyah and Shama.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the IDF, the UNIFIL base in Shama, was hit by several rockets launched by Hezbollah from the Maaliyeh area. A source from Italy\u2019s defense ministry told AFP that \u201cHezbollah was responsible for the attack,\u201d which involved eight rockets hitting the headquarters of the Italian contingent of UNIFL. No injuries were reported.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last month, the IDF said that Hezbollah had\u00a0fired dozens of rockets and missiles<\/a>\u00a0at Israeli communities and forces from terrorist compounds embedded near UNIFIL posts in southern Lebanon. Israeli officials have repeatedly warned UN peacekeepers that Hezbollah is weaponizing their presence in the Iran-backed terrorist organization\u2019s war against the Jewish state, using them as human shields.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite its omission of Hezbollah, UNIFIL has not shied away from calling out Israel for allegedly attacking peacekeepers in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

In an October statement bemoaning \u201cescalation\u201d of violence in southern Lebanon, the UN force stated that \u201crockets continue to be launched towards Israel\u201d without naming Hezbollah, which has been targeting northern Israel with barrages of rockets, missiles, and drones for the past year. However, in the next sentence, UNIFIL blasted \u201cincursions from Israel into Lebanon.\u201d The mission also condemned the IDF for allegedly firing \u201cits weapon toward an observation tower at UNIFIL\u2019s headquarters.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Israeli officials have long accused the UN more broadly of having a\u00a0bias against the Jewish state<\/a>. Last year, the UN General Assembly condemned Israel twice as often as it did all other countries. Meanwhile, of all the country-specific resolutions passed by the UNHRC, nearly half have condemned Israel, a seemingly disproportionate focus on the lone democracy in the Middle East.<\/span><\/p>\n

Weeks following last year\u2019s Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas on Israel, the\u00a0UN adopted<\/a>\u00a0a resolution calling for a \u201cceasefire\u201d between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group. The UN\u00a0failed to pass<\/a>\u00a0a measure condemning the Hamas atrocities.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Tuesday, UN spokesperson St\u00e9phane Dujarric de la Rivi\u00e8re refused to assign blame to any party for allegedly ransacking and looting 90 humanitarian aid trucks in Gaza. Hamas, which rules Gaza, has a long\u00a0history of stealing humanitarian aid<\/a>\u00a0intended for the civilians of the beleaguered enclave, although it\u2019s unclear who was responsible for the recent looting.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen people, when armed people, try to take over control of a vehicle and goods, we\u2019re not asking questions and they\u2019re not wearing insignias,\u201d he said to reporters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The spokesperson added that the UN will not accept any security from Israel, stating that its employees would be \u201can even greater target if we were surrounded by armed soldiers.\u201d Nonetheless, he insisted that the Jewish state still \u201chas a responsibility\u201d to ensure that the UN\u2019s workers and humanitarian aid are safe.<\/span><\/p>\n

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UN Refuses to Blame Hezbollah for Attacking Peacekeepers in Lebanon Corey Walker UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles drive in Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, southern Lebanon, Oct. 11, 2024. Photo: REUTERS\/Karamallah Daher The United Nations announced on Tuesday that four Ghanaian peacekeepers were wounded \u201cmost likely by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[26,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117166"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117166"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117179,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117166\/revisions\/117179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}