Israel sengaja serang UN peacekeepers di Lebanon.2 cedera

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The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said on Thursday that Israeli forces had deliberately fired on its positions, injuring two peacekeepers and bringing fresh accusations of violations of international law.



Israel has been carrying out repeated ground incursions across the border into Lebanon in its war with Hezbollah, as the conflict that began in Gaza a year ago continues to spread across the region.

The alleged attacks brought expressions of outrage from UN member states who contribute troops to the UN interim force in Lebanon (Unifil), at a time Israel is already under scrutiny on multiple fronts for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.

A UN report published on Thursday accused Israel of pursuing a concerted policy of destroying Gaza’s healthcare system in the war in the strip, saying this constituted war crimes and extermination as a crime against humanity.

The report was authored by a UN-commissioned panel of experts led by a former UN high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay.

Before the presentation of the full report to the UN general assembly on 30 October, Pillay issued a statement previewing its findings, saying Israel had carried out “relentless and deliberate attacks on medical personnel and facilities” over the course of the war, triggered by a Hamas attack on 7 October last year on southern Israel.

“Children in particular have borne the brunt of these attacks, suffering both directly and indirectly from the collapse of the health system,” Pillay said.

There was no immediate response from Israel, which has consistently accused the UN of institutional bias against it.

The international court of justice is weighing claims led by South Africa that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, and the international criminal court is considering calls for arrest warrants for war crimes against Benjamin Netanyahu, his defence minister, Yoav Gallant, and the Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/...es-deliberately