Monday, October 14, 2024

40 countries contributing to UN’s Lebanon peacekeeping force condemn ‘attacks

Forty nations that contribute to the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon said Saturday that they “strongly condemn recent attacks” on the peacekeepers.

“Such actions must stop immediately and should be adequately investigated,” said the joint statement, posted on X by the Polish UN mission and signed by nations including leading contributors Indonesia, Italy and India.

Other signatories include Ghana, Nepal, Malaysia, Spain, France and China — all countries that have contributed several hundred troops to the force.

At least five peacekeepers have been wounded in recent days as Israel takes its fight against the Hezbollah terror group into southern Lebanon.

The peacekeeping mission, UNIFIL, has accused the Israeli military of “deliberately” firing on its positions. READ MORE