Asarta Confirms that UNIFIL Protested to Israel Over Stone Attack
UNIFIL Commander Maj. Gen. Alberto Asarta has confirmed that the peacekeepers protested to Israel’s Northern Command the pelting with stones on international troops from the other side of the border.
The stones thrown at peacekeepers from the Israeli side across the technical fence and the Blue Line on Wednesday and Thursday were “isolated incidents that could happen at any time,” Asarta told As Safir daily in remarks published Friday.
While Israel has denied involvement in any “aggressive” act, An Nahar daily quoted involved sources as saying that the Jewish state has promised to launch an investigation and inform the Lebanese side during the next tripartite meeting in Naqoura about the results of the probe.
Israel claimed that civilian workers could have pelted the peacekeepers with stones, but Lebanon insisted that Israeli soldiers were responsible for the attack, the sources said.
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