Canada calls for the protection of peacekeepers and humanitarian workers, and for all parties to comply with international humanitarian law,
It's all well and good for the Biden administration to say that they want to give Israel that space to attack Hezbollah and degrade its capability,
Since November 2022, Hezbollah's obstruction and the failures of the international community — particularly the Quintet of the U.S., France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Egypt — have left Lebanon without a president for nearly two years,
But the problem is that also means an open-ended war against Lebanon, an open-ended war that has been harming a tremendous number of Lebanese civilians, and that's displaced now 1 million people in Lebanon,
The IDF's indiscriminate attacks against UNIFIL [U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon], which wounded two of our peacekeepers, clearly demonstrates how Israel positioned itself above international law, above impunity and above our shared values of peace,
Far too many people are paying an unimaginable price, with over 2,000 killed, many more wounded and hundreds of thousands displaced,
Both things could be true and at the same time,
It's also shown that it will go against U.S. wishes,
We are deeply concerned about reports that Israeli forces fired on two positions and a tower used by UN peacekeepers in Lebanon.”
This situation has put our peacekeepers at serious risk,
The kitchen windows exploded... and my son started crying,
I went out to throw out the rubbish, opened the door of the lift and the strike hit" and he was propelled to the ground
I'm not scared usually, but it was like an earthquake,
Accordingly, the [Israeli military] instructed the UN forces in the area to remain in protected spaces, following which the forces opened fire in the area,
That’s far away from southern Lebanon and from the southern suburbs of Beirut, and that’s very concerning to the Lebanese because it shows the Israeli air campaign is widening across the country,
The Israeli enemy's attacks on the capital Beirut this evening resulted in an updated toll of 22 people killed and 117 others injured,
Children in particular have borne the brunt of these attacks, suffering both directly and indirectly from the collapse of the health system,
The injuries are fortunately, this time, not serious, but they remain in hospital,
Peacekeeping is the noblest thing anyone can do,
An IDF drone was observed flying inside the UN position up to the bunker entrance,