Shots fired at Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon

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2. Absolutely wild that Israel is firing on UN peacekeepers, and the people on r/news and r/worldnews are still acting like they’re the good guys.

   Also, crazy that the heading is “shots fired at” – like the shots came out of nowhere.

3. Not the first time either, the IDF has been occasionally taking shots at irish soldiers stationed in the region. Every few weeks you’ll hear news of shots at their outpost

4. There should be absolute sanctions from all countries.

   The problem is, the positions of power/ organisations that are in a position to do this have been compromised/ brigaded.

5. It’s incredible to see the way the BBC uses the passive voice on this one.

   There’s no mystery here. The Irish have been completely clear about who shot at them.

6. Why does the article take so long to say who was shooting? At least a paragraph before the bloke that was interviewed to be the one to say that it was IDF. It should be in the headline ffs

7. This comes just hours after the two main parties in Ireland voted against the removal of Israeli Bonds, used to fund the IDF’s war machine, from the Irish Central Bank.

   Ireland has long maintained an extremely high reputation as a peace keeping force, and this is just another time in the last few months Israel has shown complete disregard for the UN.

8. Wait the peacekeepers are still here ?

   I thought that since they were useless and that a new agreement had been found, there would have been sent back, or at least replaced by competant soldiers

9. Genuine question, what purpose do UN peacekeepers serve at Lebanon’s borders. It’s not a domestic issue, they can’t possibly justify being there for Israel. How the hell is that a military responsibility of the UN. Hezbollah and Israel are literally at war (yes under ceasefire). I can see why they are in other UN buffer zones like Cyprus but they have no place being in the Donbas for example.

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