The UNIFIL mission base in Shama, southern Lebanon, was hit by rockets allegedly launched by Hezbollah or one among its affiliated teams.
Italy’s Foreign Minister condemned the assault on the headquarters of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, after the bottom was hit by rockets allegedly fired by the militant group Hezbollah or its associates.
Four Italian troopers have been barely injured when two 122 mm explosive rockets hit the UNIFIL working base in Shama, southern Lebanon.
“Once once more, what is going on is unacceptable. Just as we advised Israel to pay most consideration and keep away from bullets or artillery hearth in opposition to our base, in the identical method we additionally firmly inform Hezbollah that our troopers should not contact one another” , Antonio Tajani advised journalists in Turin.
“It have to be very clear, this group can’t play with weapons, if they do not know methods to use them, they higher do one thing else.”
According to preliminary info, the rockets hit some Unifil premises the place the peacekeepers had taken refuge.
Several UNIFIL positions have been hit since Israel started its floor invasion of Lebanon on October 1, leaving some peacekeepers injured.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni additionally condemned the assault, calling it “unacceptable”.
“I renew my attraction to the events on the bottom to make sure, always, the protection of UNIFIL troopers and to work collectively to rapidly establish these accountable,” he mentioned.
Last Friday, a UNIFIL spokesman, Andrea Tenenti, mentioned it was monitoring “heavy clashes” between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters in a number of areas of southern Lebanon, together with the coastal city of Naqoura and the village of Chamaa in north-east.
ICC arrest warrants
This comes a day after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former protection minister Yoav Gallant and a Hamas army chief.
The International Criminal Court accuses them of conflict crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity throughout the 13-month conflict in Gaza and the October 2023 incursion into Israel.
According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, greater than 44,000 Palestinians have been killed within the Gaza Strip for the reason that conflict broke out.
Gaza’s Health Ministry makes no distinction between civilians and combatants in its depend, however mentioned greater than half of the victims have been ladies and kids.
The Israeli military claims to have killed over 17,000 militants with out offering any proof.
Hezbollah started firing on Israel the day after the conflict in Gaza started, with hearth exchanged virtually each day from either side throughout the border, displacing tens of 1000’s on either side of the border.
But the scenario worsened after Israel launched a floor offensive in Lebanon in early October, with round 15,000 Israeli troops believed to be working within the nation.