UN Security Council reaffirms support for UNIFIL and calls for respect for its security
The members of the UN Security Council have reaffirmed their support for the United Nations Internal Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), following recent attacks by the Israeli army that have left five 'blue helmets' injured, and have called on both Israel and the Lebanese Shiite militia party to respect the security of the mission. teleSUR
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00:00The UN Security Council unanimously endorsed and modelled the continuation of the United
00:03Nations' interim force for Lebanon, UNIFIL.
00:07This decision represents a major setback for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's
00:11demand in the withdrawal of the force.
00:13Israel received a barrage of worldwide criticism when it became known that its occupying army
00:18forces had wounded several members of UNIFIL.
00:21The UN Peacekeeping Chief, Jan-Pierre Lacroix, explained that the Council had expressed unanimous
00:26support for the mission in Lebanon.
00:29The Zionist Premier accuses them of cooperating with the Lebanese resistance, but human rights
00:34activists point to him for wanting to eliminate any witness to the genocide perpetrated by
00:38his forces.