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Western leaders urged Israel Friday to stop harming UN peacekeepers in Lebanon after explosions wounded two of them near the country’s border.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Saturday that unknown gunfire a day earlier hit a peacekeeper, the fifth wounded in south Lebanon near the Israeli border in just two days.
The Israeli military (IDF) said its forces on Friday fired at a threat near a UN peacekeeping mission position.
A spokeswoman for the UNIFIL mission said two Sri Lankan peacekeepers were hurt in the second such incident in two days.
Here is a roundup of reactions to Friday’s incident:
Biden: Stop firing
US President Joe Biden told reporters he was “absolutely, positively” asking Israel to stop firing at UN peacekeepers in Lebanon.
France: Deliberate
France’s President Emmanuel Macron said it was “absolutely unacceptable” that peacekeepers were “deliberately targeted”. The foreign ministry summoned the Israeli ambassador, saying the incident constituted “serious violations of international law and must cease immediately”.