Israel has been accused of endangering the lives of peacekeepers after the IDF erected an Israeli flag beside a UN peacekeeping position in southern Lebanon.
Indonesia has also warned that Israeli operations are putting UN peacekeepers in ‘sustained danger’
The incident occurred amid intensifying clashes between Israeli forces and Lebanon-based Hezbollah along the border, with UN troops increasingly caught in the crossfire. In recent days, three Indonesian members of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) have been killed in two separate incidents, while another peacekeeper was injured by a stray bullet.
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Speaking at a UN press briefing on Thursday, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said peacekeepers had requested the removal of a flag raised near a position close to the village of Kfar Kila. He also noted that Israeli forces had extended their operations west of the UN-demarcated Blue Line, with reports of tank movements and clashes in Sector West.
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RT reports: The flag “undermines the perception of UNIFIL’s impartiality and risks drawing fire towards peacekeepers amid the ongoing clashes that we are seeing,” Dujarric told reporters, urging all parties to avoid any action that could further endanger the mission.
Kfar Kila is a Lebanese border village where Israeli forces have been operating amid clashes with Hezbollah, and is reportedly among the areas considered by the IDF for demolition as part of a proposed security zone targeting militant infrastructure.
A photo purporting to show the flag was shared on X by Mohamad Safa, a Lebanese diplomat and UN civil society representative. He said the image, taken by a peacekeeper at a UN base in Lebanon, showed an Israeli flag raised by IDF soldiers, “the day after they killed three UN peacekeepers and wounded others.”
Initial findings in a probe into the deaths of two of the Indonesians reportedly point to a roadside explosion that struck their convoy near the Lebanese town of Bani Haiyyan, while the third peacekeeper was killed when a projectile reportedly hit a UNIFIL base near the village of Aadchit al-Qusayr.
