UN peacekeepers injured by Israel

but even then whos to say these were trying to infiltrate etc but its been classed as an accident in order to cover the truth ? admittedly too much of the show spooks or the unit

The idf seem to have permission to go a bit loopy and kill whoever.

UNFIL are not in cahoots with Hezbollah, the UN forces are simply turning a blind eye and staying out of their way in order to avoid being murdered by Hezbollah.

They were attacked where it was known the UN were stationed.

why ? so your saying there has never been any operations with different groups wearing different uniforms to mislead or confuse ?

Indeed. Removing people by shooting at them seems rather extreme.

Are you serious?

can we be sure they were UN as sometimes there are situations when others dress in the uniforms of x military or other agencies etc ?

"might as well be removed"... Well, the IDF seem to agree with that suggestion. I don't think many people who support concepts like justice, international law and humanitarian principles would agree though. It's not ok to attack peacekeeping forces.

It's not the job of the peacekeeping forces to stop Hezbollah. That was the job of the Lebanese army. The role of peacekeeping forces is to provide support and monitoring.

To be blunt given that the UN Forces perform no actual role at all and certainly don't enforce the UN Resolution 1701 (which is supposed to be their job) then their presence is pointless and they might as well be removed.

Which is exactly what Israel wants, no UN observers.

@Scirocco

"Even if I think someone is a bit shit at their job, I don't tend to think that's a reason to shoot them."

Whilst I agree that being shit at their job isn't a valid reason to be shot at, I think it's worth pointing out that in the case of the UN Forces south of the Litani river they are not so much shit at their job but are deliberately not doing their job out of fear of being attacked by Hezbollah. And by deliberately not doing their job they then allow Hezbollah to fire thousands of missiles into Northern Israel such as the death of the 12 Druze children playing football.

To be blunt given that the UN Forces perform no actual role at all and certainly don't enforce the UN Resolution 1701 (which is supposed to be their job) then their presence is pointless and they might as well be removed.

I see you. Trying to paint UNIFIL as in cahoots with Hezbollah to justify IDF attacking yet another UN entity. It’s transparent.

Apologies I wasn't aware of that killing.

Basically there is an unwritten understanding between the UN forces and Hezbollah where the UN forces agree to not do their job, stay away from Hezbollah forces and turn a blind eye to Hezbollah breaking the UN Resolution and launching missiles against Israel in return for Hezbollah not attacking the UN Forces.

Nope. UNIFIL did their job, it is the Lebanese government that did not act on the observations of the UNIFIL to comply with Res 1701 to pull Hezbollah back and their justification for that was Israel was ignoring the Resolution too by repeatedly violating Lebanese air space.

UNIFIL hasn’t “turned a blind eye” because they informed everyone whenever cross border clashes happened.

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Not Dermot McLoughlin. The IDF killed him. It was deemed a deliberate attack. Two senior IDF soldiers were not named but were disciplined.
And something familiar to all of us now, another UN soldier said the IDF fired on the ambulance coming to help.
Deja Vu

No. Lebanese armed forces are the only armed forces permitted between Litani River and Blue line. The Lebanese government is responsible to enforce no Hezbollah/compliance. UNIFIL is only to monitor and assist.

The Irish soldier was killed by Hezbollah

You could not be more wrong.

It’s not UNIFIL’s job to fight Hezbollah.
Resolution 1701 states clearly that is the job of the Lebanese Army:

• Monitor the cessation of hostilities."
• "Accompany and support the Lebanese armed forces as they deploy throughout the South, including along the Blue Line, as Israel withdraws its armed forces from Lebanon."
• "Coordinate its activities referred to in the preceding paragraph (above) with the Government of Lebanon and the Government of Israel."
• "Extend its assistance to help ensure humanitarian access to civilian populations and the voluntary and safe return of displaced persons."
• "Assist the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in taking steps towards the establishment between the Blue Line and the Litani river of an area free of any armed personnel, assets and weapons other than those of the Government of Lebanon and of UNIFIL deployed in this area."
• "Assist the Government of Lebanon, at its request, in securing its borders and other entry points to prevent the entry in Lebanon without its consent of arms or related materiel."

The IDF took out UNFIL cameras. Wouldn't want anyone seeing what they get up to.
Of course IDF has deliberately targeted and killed an Irish UN solder before.

There are discussions to be had regarding the effectiveness of the peacekeeping forces and their remit. I don't think civilised discussions should include unprovoked attacks with drones and tanks. Maybe I'm in the minority though. Even if I think someone is a bit shit at their job, I don't tend to think that's a reason to shoot them.