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Türkiye Condemns Israeli Attacks against UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon

FILE PHOTO: UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles are seen parked in Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, in southern Lebanon August 9, 2024. REUTERS/Karamallah Daher/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles are seen parked in Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, in southern Lebanon August 9, 2024. REUTERS/Karamallah Daher/File Photo
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Türkiye Condemns Israeli Attacks against UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon

FILE PHOTO: UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles are seen parked in Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, in southern Lebanon August 9, 2024. REUTERS/Karamallah Daher/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles are seen parked in Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, in southern Lebanon August 9, 2024. REUTERS/Karamallah Daher/File Photo

Türkiye condemns Israel's attacks targeting the UN peacekeepers in Lebanon (UNIFIL), its foreign ministry said late on Thursday, adding Ankara would continue supporting similar peacekeeping initiatives and structures.
Israeli attacks against UNIFIL in recent days, amid the war in Gaza and the cross-border clashes with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, have wounded UN personnel and prompted international alarm.
In New York, Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon said Israel recommends UNIFIL relocate north in Lebanon "to avoid danger as fighting intensifies".
"Israel's attacks on UN forces, following its massacres against civilians in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon is a manifestation of its perception that its crimes go unpunished," Türkiye’s foreign ministry said in a statement.
"The international community is obliged to ensure that Israel abides by international law," it said, adding that Türkiye contributed to the UNIFIL Maritime Task Force with one corvette and five personnel.
Türkiye has been fiercely critical of Israel's offensives in Gaza and Lebanon. It has halted all trade with Israel, applied to join a genocide case against Israel at the World Court, and repeatedly called for an end to Western support of Israel along with international measures to stop its assaults.

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US Draws Roadmap to Disarm Lebanon’s Hezbollah

The UN Security Council meets in New York. AFP file photo
The UN Security Council meets in New York. AFP file photo
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US Draws Roadmap to Disarm Lebanon’s Hezbollah

The UN Security Council meets in New York. AFP file photo
The UN Security Council meets in New York. AFP file photo

The United States has drawn a roadmap to end the war between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, calling for the group's withdrawal from the border area and its disarmament.

Ambassador Robert Wood, US Alternative Representative for Special Political Affairs, told the Security Council on Thursday that “for the diplomatic resolution to be durable, the parties must fully implement Resolution 1701,” which calls for Hezbollah’s withdrawal from the border area and the deployment of the Lebanese army in southern Lebanon.

The Council’s emergency meeting was called by France.

Wood called for enforcing an arms embargo and “taking steps to help ensure that Iran does not resupply what remains of its terrorist proxy.”

He urged “Lebanon’s political leaders set aside their differences and assemble a government that responds to the needs of the Lebanese people.”

“In other words: The solution to this crisis is a not a weaker Lebanon. It’s a strong and truly sovereign Lebanon, protected by a legitimate security force,” the Ambassador added.

Wood urged the international community to condemn Iran “for undermining Lebanon’s sovereignty,” saying “we must be prepared to impose severe costs on Iran for flouting this Council’s resolutions.”

The UN political chief called the international community’s failure to stop escalating military action in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria “damning” and warned that the region is “dangerously teetering on the brink of an all-out war.”
Undersecretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo told the emergency meeting of the Security Council that every effort must be made now “to reverse this cycle of violence and bring Lebanon and Israel – and the region – back from the brink of catastrophe.”

In Lebanon, she said, Hezbollah militants and other armed groups must stop firing rockets and missiles into Israel, and Israel must stop bombing Lebanon and withdraw its ground forces.

As for Lebanon's acting UN Ambassador Hadi Hachem, he told the Council that the country is fully committed to the French-American initiative for a 21-day cease-fire “during which we can settle outstanding border issues.”

He accused Israel of agreeing to the initiative “before reneging on it and escalating its aggression.”