UNIFIL says IDF bulldozer knocked over barriers at UN position near the Blue Line

UN peacekeeping forces in Lebanon say that an IDF bulldozer knocked over barriers at UN position 1-31 near the Blue Line in Labbouneh, and IDF tanks moved into the proximity of the UN position.

“Today, several T-walls at our UN position 1-31, near the Blue Line in Labbouneh, fell when an IDF [bulldozer] hit the perimeter and IDF tanks moved in the proximity of the UN position,” it says in a statement. “Our peacekeepers remained at the location, and a UNIFIL Quick Reaction Force was dispatched to assist and reinforce the position.”

The incident is not connected to the one earlier in the day — which the IDF said it is investigating — in which UNIFIL said two peacekeepers were injured “after two explosions occurred close to an observation tower.”

The incidents put the peacekeeping forces “at very serious risk,” the UN body adds, warning that “any deliberate attack on peacekeepers is a grave violation of international humanitarian law and Security Council resolution 1701.”