Israeli soldiers shoot at UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Israel has kept its forces at five areas it deems strategic.
45% : Israeli soldiers had opened fire on two suspects in the El Hamames area near the Israeli border, only later realising that they were UN peacekeepers, the military said in a statement.
44% : The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said Sunday that Israeli soldiers had shot at its peacekeepers from a tank near an army position in the country's south.
42% : None of the UN forces were reported wounded.
38% : Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire last year that required the Lebanese militant group not to have any weapons in the south and for Israeli forces to fully withdraw from Lebanon.
35% : "After a review, it was determined that the suspects were UN soldiers who were conducting a patrol in the area and were classified as suspects due to poor weather conditions," the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement, adding: "No deliberate fire was directed toward UNIFIL soldiers".
26% : Read moreIsrael army denies building wall inside Lebanon after UN forces say de facto border crossed The United Nations Interim Force (UNIFIL) in Lebanon said the Israeli forces had fired from a Merkava tank positioned inside Lebanese territory towards the peacekeepers, who were on foot.
22% : UNIFIL called the incident a "serious violation" of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which, among other provisions, states that no armed forces should be operating in southern Lebanon except the UN peacekeepers and the Lebanese military.
18% : Israel responded that it had not intended to open fire on the peacekeepers, who it had mistaken for "suspects". Israeli military forces opened fire on United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on Sunday, in an incident the UN peacekeeping mission described as a serious violation.
18% : Israel accuses Hezbollah of trying to rearm, while Lebanon's government accuses Israel of violating the agreement by not withdrawing and continuing to carry out airstrikes.

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