Israeli tanks ‘forced’ into UN base
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🗓️ 13 October 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
The UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, known as UNIFIL is demanding explanations from Israel after two tanks drove through the gates of one of their compounds in southern Lebanon earlier today. We hear from UNIFIL's spokesperson Andrea Tenenti.
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(Picture: An Israeli soldier drives through southern Lebanon, as part of an incursion during hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. Credit: REUTERS/Artorn Pookasook)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to News Hour live from the BBC World Service in London. |
| 0:07.4 | I'm Rebecca Kessby. |
| 0:09.2 | The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon known as Unifil is demanding a full explanation as to why |
| 0:16.4 | two Israeli tanks drove through the gates of one of their compounds in southern Lebanon early |
| 0:21.8 | this morning. |
| 0:23.0 | At around 4.30 local time, the UN says that two Israeli tanks forcibly entered the base |
| 0:29.3 | in the Ramia area, which is about halfway along the border. They stayed for around 45 minutes |
| 0:35.4 | they said before leaving. In a later statement the Israeli Defense Force said |
| 0:40.0 | that the tanks were attempting to assist injured Israeli soldiers in the area and inadvertently |
| 0:46.2 | destroyed the gates of the compound. |
| 0:48.4 | Well relations between the Unifil and the Israeli government have been strained in recent days and today in a speech |
| 0:55.8 | posted online Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded the UN peacekeepers |
| 1:01.3 | left southern Lebanon. |
| 1:04.0 | We are not fighting the Lebanese people. |
| 1:07.4 | We are fighting the Iranian terror branch, Hezbollah, which took over Lebanon. |
| 1:13.5 | I want to address the UN Secretary General directly from here. |
| 1:18.6 | It is time that you take Unifil out of Hezbollah strongholds and out of the combat areas. |
| 1:26.5 | The IDF repeatedly asked for that and was refused repeatedly. |
| 1:32.0 | With the aim of providing Hezbollah terrorists with a human |
| 1:35.7 | protective shield. Benjamin Netanyahu speaking earlier today. Well in a moment |
| 1:40.7 | we'll hear from our correspondent live in Beirut, but first let's hear from the |
| 1:45.4 | Unifil spokesman Andrea Tenenty. |
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