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Two UN peacekeepers in Lebanon have been wounded by Israeli fire, the mission said on Thursday, as Israel's military ground operations in the country continued.

In a statement, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) said two of its members were wounded after a Merkava tank fired towards an observation tower at Unifil headquarters in Naqoura, "directly hitting it and causing them to fall".

"[Israeli] soldiers also fired on UN position (UNP) 1-31 in Labbouneh, hitting the entrance to the bunker where peacekeepers were sheltering, and damaging vehicles and a communications system," said the peacekeeping mission.

"An IDF drone was observed flying inside the UN position up to the bunker entrance."

Israeli attacks in Lebanon over the past month, including a bombing campaign and ground invasion, have killed over 1,200 people and displaced one million.

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[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 29 points 10 hours ago

What the fuck is wrong with these assholes?

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 5 points 5 hours ago

Can you name a settler colonial project that committed a genocide that wouldn't fire at peacekeepers?

[-] pickman_model@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Maybe they're using the tried-and-tested strategy of targeting UN forces to make them leave. It happened in Rwanda too, they killed those Belgian peacekeepers and then Belgium and France pulled out. Shortly after that, the Rwandan start their genocide. At least the Israelis seem to have just wounded the peacekeepers, unlike the Rwandan, who hacked the Belgian with machetes. Nevertheless, it doesn't look very promising.

[-] Zacpod@lemmy.world 0 points 9 hours ago
[-] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

No, it's Zionism

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 15 points 7 hours ago
[-] Eximius@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Porque no los dos? Or rather an inseparable blend of both

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 9 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Because as usual religion can be used to argue for as well as against a political question. The only self coherent framework that has as its logical conclusion Israeli policy is nationalism.

Edit: plus, a nationalist explanatory framework is least susceptible to the moral hazard of anti-Semitism. Israeli policy is not exceptional, it's as banal as Serbian or Azerbaijani ethnic nationalism, revanchism, jingoism and bigotry.

[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Religion is rarely a problem until it's conservative, just like politics.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 5 hours ago

Fucking no. Israel does not represent judiasm. Jews everywhere disavow them. Zionism is not Jewish.

Claiming that this is Jewish is antisemitism from both Israel and you.

This is about land, not religion.

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