{"id":283155,"date":"2024-11-14T11:59:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T03:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=283155"},"modified":"2024-11-14T11:59:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T03:59:39","slug":"un-council-condemns-attacks-on-peacekeepers-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=283155","title":{"rendered":"UN Council condemns attacks on peacekeepers in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/assets\/news_photos\/2024\/11\/14\/image-223358-1731556211.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>UNITED NATIONS, Nov 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The UN Security Council (UNSC) condemned recent attacks on the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL), calling on all parties to respect the safety of members of that force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, the Council condemned the attacks on Oct 29, Nov 7 and Nov 8, which wounded several Blue Helmets. They did not name who they believed to be responsible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;They urged all parties to take all measures to respect the safety and security of UNIFIL personnel and premises,&#8221; the Council said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Oct 29, a rocket &#8220;likely&#8221; fired by Hezbollah or its allies hit the UNIFIL headquarters in southern Lebanon, the UN peacekeeping force said. Austria said eight of its soldiers were hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Nov 7, five peacekeepers were wounded, and the following day, UNIFIL accused the Israeli army of damaging one of its positions in southern Lebanon in a &#8220;deliberate and direct&#8221; action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Security Council &#8220;recalled that peacekeepers must never be the target of an attack&#8221; and offered its &#8220;full support&#8221; to UNIFIL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Council members also &#8220;expressed their deep concern for civilian casualties and sufferings&#8221; in the conflict in general, as well as &#8220;the destruction of civilian infrastructure&#8221; and &#8220;damage to cultural heritage sites in Lebanon.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It specifically expressed worry about the &#8220;endangerment of the UNESCO world heritage sites in Baalbek and Tyre, and the rising number of internally displaced people.&#8221; &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED NATIONS, Nov 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The UN Security Council (UNSC) condemned recent attacks on the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL), calling on all parties to respect the safety of members of that force. In a statement, the Council condemned the attacks on Oct 29, Nov 7 and Nov 8, which wounded several Blue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":283156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,208,215,209,217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283155"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=283155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283157,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283155\/revisions\/283157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/283156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=283155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=283155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=283155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}