Netanyahu Tells UN To Move Lebanon Peacekeepers Out Of 'Harm's Way'

UNIFIL, a mission of about 9,500 troops of various nationalities, was created following Israel's 1978 invasion of Lebanon (Credit: AFP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the head of the United Nations on Sunday to move peacekeepers deployed in south Lebanon out of "harm's way" as his nation steps up attacks, insisting the UN is providing Hezbollah with "human shields."

His call to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres came a day after the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) repeated its refusal to withdraw from the border area after five of its members were wounded in the Israel-Hezbollah war.