Israel again attacks the UN mission in Lebanon, specifically one of its watchtowers

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) denounced this Wednesday that the Israeli army has carried out a new attack on one of its positions in southern Lebanese territory, in this case on a watchtower near Kafer Kelaa few kilometers from the Israeli town of Metula.

A battle tank of the ‘Merkava’ type of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fired on UNIFIL positions, destroying two surveillance cameras and causing damage to the tower, as described by the United Nations International Mission on Lebanese territory in a statement on its website.

‘We’ll see it again direct and apparently deliberate fire against a UNIFIL position,” the letter reads, reminding the IDF and “all actors” of their obligation to “guarantee the protection and security of UN personnel and property and to respect the sanctity of United Nations facilities ‘.

The United Nations mission in Lebanon has already suffered different attacks of the Israeli army, even confirming several wounded ‘blue helmets’, as well as the attack by an Israeli tank on one of its bases.

Moreover, the Israeli army has a total of 138 air raids and bombings against several areas of Lebanon, mainly in the south of the country, the Lebanese government reported this Wednesday, increasing the number of Israeli attacks on the country since October 8 last year to 10,150.

At least 16 people were killed today, including the mayor of the Lebanese city of NabatiyeAhmed Kaheel, after a new wave of bombings by the Israeli army on areas in southern Lebanon that also injured 52.

The attack hit the City Hall building, located in the center of the city, so among the dead are several employees of the local government headquarters, who in early July launched a process to collect food and medicine and distribute them to the divide residents. This is evident from information from the Lebanese newspaper A Nahar.

The country’s interim Prime Minister, Nayib Mikatihas strongly condemned Israel’s “deliberate” attack on the area and warned that the army acted “deliberately” in identifying its target.

Mikati has denounced that the Israeli offensive against Lebanon ‘is taking place under the watchful eye of the international community, which continues to in silence “This gives the Jewish state an encouragement to continue its crimes,” he added. “If all countries are unable to prevent Israel from stopping attacking Lebanon, is it useful to resort to the Security Council to demand a ceasefire?” he declared.

The Lebanese Health Ministry has reported the killing of at least 2,367 people since the conflict began, with another 11,088 injured. It also noted that 331,834 Syrian citizens and 129,338 Lebanese have crossed into Syrian territory since September. October 23 to 16 this year, according to the General Secretariat of the Supreme Council of Defense.