Israeli attacks on UN forces in Lebanon must stop, say UK, Italy, France and Germany – as it happened

UNIFIL forces patrol the streets in Marjayoun, southern Lebanon, on 12 October. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hit out at the United Nations for failing to prevent Israel from firing at its peacekeepers in southern Lebanon.

Erdogan said on Monday the UN was also to blame for failing to sanction Israel over its wars with Hezbollah and with Hamas in Gaza.

AFP reports:

“The image of the UN which cannot protect its own personnel is shameful and worrying,” Erdogan, a fierce critic of Israel, said in a televised address.

“Frankly, we ask ourselves what the (UN) security council is waiting for to stop Israel.

“Can you believe it? The Israeli tanks penetrate into the Unifil zone, attack peacekeeping soldiers, even wounding some of them, but the UN security council decides to just watch all this criminality from its stands -- that’s what we call powerlessness.”

The UN condemned the attacks with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres saying they “may constitute a war crime”.