Confidential document says 15 peacekeepers injured by white phosphorus
’s military forcibly entered a clearly marked UN base and is suspected of using the incendiary chemical white phosphorus close enough to injure 15 peacekeepers, according to a confidential report outlining a dozen recent incidents in which the IDF attacked international troops in
While incidents in the first few days were mainly near UN positions, the report says Israeli forces began directly firing on to Unifil bases after October 8th. In another incident on October 10th, the IDF fired at a UN bunker where Italian peacekeepers had taken refuge in Labbouneh. Photographs in the report showed the tanks rolling over the gates and into the base, damaged perimeter walls and white smoke lingering throughout.
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