THE Philippines joined 40 other nations in condemning the alleged attack of Israel on a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.
'We urge all UN member states to uphold their obligations under international law and ensure peacekeepers can carry out their critical work. Violations of peacekeeping mandates undermine the rules-based international order and destabilize regions where peace efforts are most needed,' the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement dated October 17.
A soldier of the UN peacekeeping mission, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), keeps watch from Marjayoun area opposite Lebanese Khiyam town and Israeli Metula settlement, near the Lebanon-Israel border in southern Lebanon, 27 August 2024. Hezbollah announced in a statement on 25 August that the group launched an aerial operation with numerous drones targeting Israeli territory as the 'phase one' of a retaliatory attack for the killing of senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr on 30 July in Beirut. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said some 100 fighter jets struck and destroyed thousands of Hezbollah rocket launcher barrels, aimed for immediate fire toward northern and central Israel. EPA-EFE/STR