Tajani demands answers over Israeli attacks on UNIFIL

Mission reports fifth peacekeeper injured in Lebanon

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Oct 12 2024
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Tajani demands answers over Is

Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Saturday demanded that Israel provide answers over this week's attacks on the headquarters of the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon and two of its Italian bases.
    The United Nations mission said Saturday that a fifth peacekeeper has been injured after two Indonesian soldiers were wounded in tank fire on a watchtower at its main Naqoura base on Thursday and two Sri Lankans were hurt on Friday.
    The fifth injured peacekeeper is another Indonesian, sources said.
    "We want to know whether it was a political choice or the choice of the military on the ground," Tajani told an event organized by daily newspaper Il Foglio.
    "Our military personnel are not Hezbollah terrorists and we are friends of Israel. We are waiting for answers from the Israeli enquiry.
    "We have been asking the Israeli government for guarantees for weeks and we have been given assurances, but there have been too many attacks on UNIFIL soldiers. There have been injuries.
    "The Italian military must not be touched".