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UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres assured this Sunday that the organization will remain in southern Lebanon. rejecting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s demands for the withdrawal of the Blue Helmets from the confrontation zone.

“Despite the attacks (…) UNIFIL personnel remain in their positions and the United Nations flag continues to fly,” Guterres wrote in his statement.

The diplomat also insisted that the “safety and integrity” of UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) personnel “must be guaranteed and respected at all times and without reservation.” inviolability of the UN.”

Guterres’ remarks came after Netanyahu asked him in a recorded speech will remove the Blue Helmets from southern Lebanon.

Secretary-General, remove UNIFIL forces from danger. This needs to be done right now, immediately.” – said the Israeli prime minister and accused the UN mission of acting as a “human shield” for the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah.

Israel has stepped up its offensive in southern Lebanon. in actions that have been condemned by both international organizations and the European Union.

That same Sunday, two Israeli tanks They entered the base of the UN peacekeeping mission (UNIFIL) in southern Lebanon in an incident that Guterres called “Deeply disturbing.”

UNIFIL accused the Israeli army of endanger your soldiers after two Israeli Merkava tanks destroyed the main gate of the UN peacekeeping base this morning and forcibly entered it, where they remained for 45 minutes.

Soldiers of the peacekeeping mission reported several shots fired 100 meters to the north, which sent smoke into the premises and through which “Fifteen military personnel suffered consequences including skin irritation and gastrointestinal reactions,” UNIFIL stated, adding that the troops were undergoing treatment.

Hezbollah, for its part, claimed responsibility for today’s attack on an Israeli brigade in the south of Haifa, where Four soldiers were killed and seven more were “seriously wounded.”

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This Sunday, Israel continued its campaign explosions in different parts of Lebanonor, which is largely concentrated in the southern, eastern and southern suburbs of Beirut, known as Dahyeh, where hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes since these attacks began in late September.

(EFE)