The UN’s special coordinator for Middle East peace has warned the region is at its “most dangerous juncture”.
Tor Wennesland is speaking at today’s UN Security Council meeting.
“We have now entered the second year of this horrific conflict, and the region is on the verge of yet another serious escalation,” he said.
“The violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and wider region shows no signs of abating.”
UNIFIL troops injured in Lebanon after rocket attack ‘likely by Hezbollah’
Eight Austrian soldiers belonging to the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) have been injured in a rocket attack near the Israeli border, Austria’s defence ministry says.
“We condemn this attack in the strongest possible terms and demand that it be investigated immediately,” the ministry said in a statement.
It added that it was not clear where the attack came from and that none of the soldiers needed urgent medical care.
UNIFIL said no one was seriously injured and that the rocket was fired from the north of its headquarters, “likely by Hezbollah or an affiliated group”.
UNIFIL forces have faced a series of Israeli attacks on its peacekeepers since Israel invaded Lebanon on 1 October.
The Israeli government has demanded that UNIFIL leave its positions in Lebanon, which it has refused to do.
Austria contributes about 180 soldiers to the 10,000-strong force.
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