▲ 124 ▼ US urges Israel to stop shooting at UN peacekeepers in Lebanon (www.bbc.com) submitted 2 years ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip [M] to c/globalnews@lemmy.zip 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments Israel has acknowledged that shots fired by its military injured two UN troops in southern Lebanon on Friday. Archived version: https://archive.md/KLlNG SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fc2ek2gkp9k2o
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) At what point do UN troops have authority to shoot back? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] khannie@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago I think they can fire back if fired upon. The issue is probably one of escalation where they're heavily outgunned. There was an interview with the mother of one of the Irish contingent on the radio here the other day and she said they sat in their bunker for 26 hours straight. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] khannie@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago I think they can fire back if fired upon. The issue is probably one of escalation where they're heavily outgunned. There was an interview with the mother of one of the Irish contingent on the radio here the other day and she said they sat in their bunker for 26 hours straight. permalink fedilink source parent