One more attack toUnifil by theIsraeli army. A tank hit one station in the south of Lebanonnear Kafer Kalawhere the Spanish contingent. “A Merkava tank of theIdf he shot the watchtower. Two cameras were destroyed and the tower was damaged,” he reports Unifil reporting also in this case, as in the attacks previous ones, «direct fire and apparently deliberated on one of our own position».
And from Tel Aviv they still don’t arrive openings. «Israel – said the Foreign Minister Israel Katz – attaches great importance to Unifil activities and has no intention of harming the organization or its personnel. Furthermore, Israel believes that theUnifil carry out a important role in the ‘day after’ the war against Hezbollah». In the meantime we move forward, he says Katzremembering that «it is Hezbollah to use the staff Unifil as human shieldsdeliberately shooting at the IDF soldiers from places close to Unifil stationsto create friction». Same concepts expressed a Le Figaro from Netanyahu: «In almost twenty years, how many missiles Of Hezbollah stopped theUnifil? Zero!».
There situation on the ground continues to be worrying despite attempts to stop them continuing hostility. There UN bureaucracy is slow and the minister of Defense, Guido Crosettotogether with his French colleague Sébastien Lecornuhe called in video conference the ministers of the 16 European countries who participate in Unifil: we need to review the rules of engagement of the mission, is the position that emerged, together with the need to “exercise the maxim political pressure And diplomatic on Israelso that no further incidents occur accidents». A warning it is also aimed at Hezbollahwhich «cannot use the personnel of Unifil as shield in the context of conflict».
Crosetto he then summarized: the mission can also be strengthened by increasing the number of military and defining more effective rulesbut Israel must retreat by making the blue helmets by hook what she wants to get by crook, that is dismantling from the stations Of Hezbollah along the border line. There doesn’t seem to be much room for diplomatic negotiationsso. The canvas of contacts Of Crosettohowever, will continue in weekend to Napleswhere the Defense G7. A further opportunity to push for action urgency on the need to guarantee the safety to the blue helmets under fire in Lebanon. It is known that i numbers count in Glass Palacethe ability to aggregate consensus around a proposal therefore becomes fundamental. There’s no time. The south of Lebanon It’s now out of control. “There decapitation That Hezbollah has undergone means that there are now inside it bags which move autonomously so it is impossible to know who you are in front of”, observed the minister.
It’s been months since the owner of the Defense press to change the rules of engagement which, he underlined, «enable ours military to move only together with Lebanese armed forces. However, the latter were totally destroyed by economic crisis». The 16 ministers therefore also ask for the strengthening from the armed forces Of Beirutthrough an adequate training support And international funding“that they may become one credible force and contribute to stability from the region with the support of Unifil“. In the evening from Brussels one also arrived joint statement of the leaders ofEU and gods Gulf countries which condemns him attacks against theoperation from the United Nations.