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Shots fired at Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon (www.bbc.com)

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Irish soldiers, who are serving as peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, have come under fire while on a joint patrol with the Lebanese Armed Forces, the Tánaiste (Irish deputy prime minister) has said.

The incident happened near the Blue Line in South Lebanon.

A number of small arm rounds were fired in the vicinity of the area in which the patrol was operating, the Irish Defence Force said.

There were no reported injuries and no damage to the armoured vehicles they were operating from.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This "oopsie woopsie we shot in your general direction" has happened more than enough to call it a structural problem which can only persist with support from the highest levels.

Any normal country leader needs to learn only once that his soldiers shot at friendly observers and he'd shit that shut down permanently. Netanyahu obviously knows about these shootings as it's continuously on the world news but shit hasnt been shut down, so you can pretty much assume it all has his blessings

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago

The leash is kept so loose it might not even be held at all.