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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it in the UN Charter that an attack on UN forces is an attack on the entire dang alliance?
No, you're thinking of NATO. But nobody should be shooting at UN forces. If the UN had any balls, they'd not have let Israel (or Hamasl) in there in the first place. Israel are just taking the piss now and they'll continue until they've decided otherwise.
nobody should be shooting at UN forces.
"Hezbollah members or their local supporters harassed UNIFIL patrols, threatened them with weapons, fired at them, stole their equipment"
Hezbollah have killed at least one...
“After Pvt. Sean Rooney, a UNIFIL peacekeeper from Ireland, was killed in December, surveillance camera footage reportedly showed armed men surrounding his patrol and declaring “We are Hezbollah.” A Lebanese military tribunal formally accused several Hezbollah members of the murder, and the group reportedly handed the primary suspect over to Lebanese authorities. “ https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/battle-unifils-independence-part-2-facts-ground
Sorry, what's the point here?
"Somebody else once killed a UN worker so anyone can kill as many as they like"?
The point is there was no global outcry. You hadn't heard about it had you?
It is only when Israel responds to an entire year of daily missile attacks by Hezbollah that attention is paid.
UNIFIL was warned by Israel to get out of the way before they entered to stop the attacks by Hezbollah which UNIFIL couldn't/wouldn't.
Oh right, so you're trying to defend an ongoing genocide? Great work.
Your 'point' made no sense.
That's only in case of NATO, I believe.
Ah, my mistake mixing them up. Thank you for the correction.
Biden, your words mean less than dick at this point. Try some action.
Israel warned UNIFIL well in advance to get out of the way. Why are they still there?
Until now...
it has failed to investigate a single one of the more than 3,000 Hezbollah arms depots and other military sites targeted by Israel since October—including bombed-out bases run by Hezbollah’s supposed environmental group “Green Without Borders.”
Bear in mind that Hezbollah's been firing missiles into Israel daily since 8 October 2023. So much for UNIFIL "peacekeeping".
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/pros-and-cons-salvaging-or-ditching-unifil
Hezbollah launched 25 attacks from near UNIFIL posts over past month
https://www.jns.org/hezbollah-launched-25-attacks-from-near-unifil-posts-over-past-month/
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