UNIFIL statement:
Earlier today, an IDF bulldozer deliberately demolished an observation tower and perimeter fence of a UN position in Marwahin.
— UNIFIL (@UNIFIL_) October 20, 2024
Yet again, we note that breaching a UN position and damaging UN assets is a flagrant violation of international law and Security Council resolution 1701. It also endangers the safety and security of our peacekeepers in violation of international humanitarian law.
— UNIFIL (@UNIFIL_) October 20, 2024
We will continue to undertake our mandated tasks to monitor and report.
— UNIFIL (@UNIFIL_) October 20, 2024
The bulldozer.
Straight out of the Tel Aviv playbook.
A press statement issued by the Mission, formally known as the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, said Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) “deliberately demolished” the watchtower and the fence surrounding the Marwahin site.
“Yet again, we remind the IDF and all actors of their obligations to ensure the safety and security of UN personnel and property and to respect the inviolability of UN premises at all times,” UNIFIL stated.
The mission also reiterated that the violation of a UN site and damage to its assets constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and Security Council resolution 1701, the unanimously adopted text to end to a 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah and chart a path towards security on the border between Israel and Lebanon.
The statement went on to note that the Israeli army has repeatedly asked UNIFIL to vacate its positions along the Blue Line and has deliberately damaged UN positions.
Despite the pressure on the mission and troop-contributing countries, UNIFIL stressed that peacekeepers remain in all their positions, the mission’s statement said on Sunday.
“We will continue to carry out our mandated tasks of monitoring and reporting,” the statement concluded.
What is the UN going to do?
Nothing. They always do nothing.
“My definition of terrorism is the systematic targeting of innocent civillians for political gain”
Prophetic words from a man responsible for the mass killing of tens of thousands of innocent Women and Children. pic.twitter.com/LQHgB0Sb9b
— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) October 20, 2024