Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the UN mission in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) of being “human shields” for the Shiite group Hezbollah, after five peacekeepers were injured by Israeli gunfire in over the last three days.
The refusal “to evacuate UNIFIL soldiers makes them hostages of Hezbollah. This puts their lives and those of our soldiers in danger,” the president said in a video message. Netanyahu urges United Nations to evacuate troops from ‘combat zones’ in Lebanon.
