A spokesman for President Herzog later told RTE News that he strongly rejected the allegation that Israel had deliberately targeted UN peacekeepers
Taoiseach Simon Harris told the president of Israel on Monday: your army must do more to ensure the safety of our United Nations peacekeepers.
And he added: “But my most important job as Taoiseach of this country, is to speak up in support of our peacekeepers, the men and women, the 379 of them who are serving with bravery and distinction. But that invasion – what Israel calls a limited incursion – has seen Israeli soldiers fire on UN peacekeepers and their compounds.
“I conveyed to him my view that attacks on peacekeepers were not just utterly unacceptable, but a clear breach of international law.“I fully respect any state’s right to defend itself, I deplore all forms of terrorism but our peacekeepers deserve to be protected in any such scenario and any such scenario to defend yourself also has to be proportionate.”
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