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Originally Posted by grizy
Unlike the UNRWA facilities in Gaza, the UN peacekeeping facilities/bases in Lebanon don't seem to be actively occupied/used by the Hizbollah.
Your claim holds very little water and IDF got a lot to answer for.
The IDF announced they were returning fire from Hezbollah, which were operating from a position so close to the UNIFIL base they were effectively using the UNIFIL forces as human shields. And no one in UNIFIL is denying this to be the case.
Given they aren't actually doing any peacekeeping, and there is a war going on, it seems the best recourse for everyone (except maybe Hezbollah) is for them to leave. And I question the motives of any UNIFIL commander that is insisting their troops remain.
Like what is the steel man argument for why UNIFIL troops should remain in the combat zone, given they serve no deterrence towards Hezbollah at best, and at worst are supporting them?