On April 8, Italy summoned the Israeli ambassador to demand an explanation after Israeli forces fired warning shots at an Italian convoy within the U.N. peacekeeping mission (UNIFIL) in southern Lebanon. The convoy, traveling from Shama to Beirut, was struck by the shots about 2 kilometers into its journey, causing damage to a vehicle but no injuries.
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani condemned the incident, stating Israeli forces had no authority to target Italian troops. Defense Minister Guido Crosetto described the attack as a serious threat to the safety of peacekeepers and the credibility of the mission. He urged the United Nations to intervene with Israeli authorities to ensure the safety of UNIFIL personnel.
This incident comes amid rising tensions, with Israel intensifying strikes on Lebanon as part of its ongoing conflict with Hezbollah, asserting that a ceasefire involving the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran does not apply in Lebanon.
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OutLiving2 days ago
+1293
I don’t think you can call them a warning shots if you actually hit the target with them
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mr_birkenblatt2 days ago
+240
Maybe they meant "warming shots"
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ceemeebonnie2 days ago
+38
"Warming up shots of whats to come" "We warned you now you cold dead, should have listened to those keeping you warm shots"
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Deerescrewed2 days ago
+6
Warming the gun, like you would warm your car on a cold day?
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Highspdfailure2 days ago
+13
No those are warning shots still. Those who lived through the event or came across the bodies will understand the message. /s
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NetflixVodka2 days ago
+521
That’s not actually warning shots is it….
No other army gets away with shooting in to a vehicle and calling it a ‘warning’
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musashisamurai2 days ago
+264
They also shot at a Vatican aid convoy carrying fruits and veggies and other food.
Real moral high ground Israel is onm
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Serpentongue2 days ago
+50
Probably thought it was an Egyptian ship again
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aflockofcrows2 days ago
+91
Probably thought it was a child.
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yourlama2 days ago
+45
A pregnant underage journalist.
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ceemeebonnie2 days ago
+8
A Doctor whose medical bag or IED. You cant scratch your balls without getting shot! "He went for his weapon trigger"
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IdenticalThings2 days ago
+242
They behave like absolute pricks because they have always had the US on a short leash. In no way should a tiny country like Israel even consider f****** with a middle power like Italy, especially a peacekeeping mission.
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SeaworthinessSome4542 days ago
-31
Tiny in land mass only. Israel is a far superior military power to Italy.
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AromaticMacaron79252 days ago
+82
Israel's military is only superior when compared to it's neighbors and only then because of the US MIC (military industrial complex).
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ceemeebonnie2 days ago
+31
Americans like doing this, they prefer no free healthcare and other nice things. They like another nation sponging them dry for a sky fairy.
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FamousPussyGrabber2 days ago
+18
Military doesn’t matter at all. Neither country is going to go to war over anything so inconsequential. But loss of influence, soft power and economic pain are concerns for both nations.
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NeedToVentCom2 days ago
+69
As Iran is showing right now, military is not what it is cracked up to be.
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Ewetuber2 days ago
+46
I'd imagine Italy or any western country would be very fucked up very quickly if thousands of drones, ballistic missiles, and other ordinance were fired at it for one day let alone weeks.
Our biggest defence is being out of range.
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SeaworthinessSome4542 days ago
+26
No, it still matters a ton. It means less when you’re willing to go to the lengths that they are and not have high regard for life, but it still matters a lot.
This war has only been going on for a few weeks. Ppl expect results way too quickly, on the scale of war, this one is still an infant.
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Shoot_from_the_Quip2 days ago
-10
This war has burst the "we better not mess with them" balloon that has kept many nations safe all these years.
I would not be surprised at all if this fiasco leads to a huge surge in terror attacks simply because the world's largest military superpower has had its ass handed to it in barely a month. Why not go after formerly off-limits targets if you no longer fear the reprisal?
Deterrence was much more potent when the mere thought of what could be unleashed was still present vs this underwhelming reality.
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moodyano2 days ago
+37
Israel is smurfing in the Middle East but can’t compete against any European country and especially if this country is Italy
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Busy_Still58712 days ago
+24
Israel is garbage.
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SeaworthinessSome4542 days ago
-11
Ah, thanks for clearing that up. Hope you feel better for stating it.
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hanniballz2 days ago
+10
Israel has about 1/5 the population and the GDP of italy. no matter how militarized they are, unless they pull out some miracle tactics a 1v1 vs italy would be a stomp for pasta.
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SeaworthinessSome4542 days ago
+4
It’s not population or gdp. It’s active military and active military capability. Nobody gets a 5 year heads up that a war is coming to start training soldiers and buying equipment. You have to be prepared around the clock, and Israel is. Raw population and gdp was important in early 20th century wars but not anymore.
Add into that Israel’s tremendous experience advantage.
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Vimmelklantig2 days ago
+10
Italy has a significant military of its own but is also in a political union and two defence pacts. With the EU (population 450 million) via the Lisbon treaty and then NATO which includes almost all of the EU + the UK, Turkey and Canada (another 200 million). I'm disregarding the US because, well \*waves hands\*.
Even if you think GDP and population don't matter even at 65x the size (more for GDP), NATO without the US has north of 1.7 million active military personnel with several million more reserves, not to mention the advantage in materiel.
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Present-Comparison642 days ago
+6
Italy has at least 3x more aircraft than Israel, the Navy is not even in the same league with 2 aircraft carrier in the mediterranean sea
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Old_Leopard18442 days ago
With who and what army lol
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EnoughOrange91832 days ago
Yeah, just like Egypt stomped Israel repeatedly.... Right?
Oh no, that was a 5v1. Maybe if Egypt didnt gang up woth others they would magically win?
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FamSimmer2 days ago
+7
Propped up by the US. Thanks for coming to my brief TedTalk.
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SeaworthinessSome4542 days ago
+3
And the European countries don’t have militaries propped up by the US?
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Busy_Still58712 days ago
+19
When did we have to prop the European countries in a war since WW2? Israel on the other hand gets billions and billions in American taxpayer money and weapons to kill civilians. Stop funding and arming Israel.
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SeaworthinessSome4542 days ago
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We literally have armed Europe since WW2. We fought the Cold War and the proxy wars bc we wanted to limit USSRs influence. Yes, that benefits the US but it also prevented Europe from being invaded. And now, we give massive amounts of aid to Ukraine (which I’m perfectly fine with btw) so that Europe still has their buffer zone from Russia. Europe should easily be able to defend Ukraine in their own but they’re too weak to do it, so the US has to come to their rescue.
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Pariahb2 days ago
+20
The US is not helping Ukraine since trumo got re-elected, and they are actully helping ruzzia with their stupid war in Iran, by making oil prizes go over 100 dollars per barrell.
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moonknight_nexus2 days ago
+5
> Israel is a far superior military power to Italy.
Not naval.
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SeaworthinessSome4542 days ago
+3
No, not naval. Israel doesn’t have much of a need for a navy. There’s also not much of a need for one in a hypothetical Israel/italy war. They’re close enough that neither side should need to launch attacks from a carrier.
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Value-Tiny2 days ago
+14
Even in peacetime, Italy’s standing army is only slightly smaller than Israel’s during wartime. Should Italy pivot to a war economy, its industrial and economic power would quickly dwarf Israel’s military capacity.
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Saneless2 days ago
+64
If ANY Muslim country did anything Israel has done they would have been attacked as terrorists 20x over by now
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Worsty27042 days ago
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draconyfors2 days ago
+8
israeli leaders are war criminals with ICC warrants. what can you expect from them now?
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minifidel2 days ago
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>Defense Minister Guido Crosetto described the attack as a serious threat to the safety of peacekeepers and the credibility of the mission. He urged the United Nations to intervene with Israeli authorities to ensure the safety of UNIFIL personnel.
Hezbollah is currently engaged in open combat south of the Litani river, both things it is expressly forbidden from doing by UNSC resolution and that UNIFIL is supposed to enforce. The mission has no credibility. The UN personnel can't do the job they're supposed to do.
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Nottodayreddit19492 days ago
+44
Ok, even if true. Does any of that justify shooting them.
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Kazmani2 days ago
+767
Israel need to be held accountable at some point, this is getting ridiculous.
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niconpat2 days ago
+212
And some other country, I can't remember which one. It's kinda like a big brother to them.
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yougotiton2 days ago
+66
As an American I would cheer if the EU embargoed us
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niconpat2 days ago
+51
We won't because that would be stupid and makes things worse for everyone. But I appreciate the sentiment.
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benhereford2 days ago
+12
Tbh I feel like it's kinda the only real way forward. This country needs drastic change, a rug pulled from under us. $8/gallon gas for a few years would make us wise up real quick as a nation. Yea it would change everything and suck for a decade. Idk what else to say anymore though
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Drakmeister2 days ago
+6
The only real way forward is for Americans to actually put some effort into political reform.
A parade, sorry, protest, on a Saturday every few months isn't doing enough.
For the American people to expect the world to fall on its own sword to save the US from its own failure is insane when they have enough people and ability to make sweeping changes, but that would mean instability for them and that's too inconvenient because only right now matters, not 10 years from now.
Sick and tired of toothless Americans whining about the state of things instead of putting their pants on and standing up for once.
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omjy181 day ago
+1
The worst part is that its going to be violence like the troubles in Ireland or more likely an arab spring like event for things to start changing and people here arent willing to do that because its not that bad yet. Its gonna take individual pain for most people to see how fucked it all is
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mikemack1232 days ago
+19
Sorry thats antisemitic when its israel
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JeroJeroMohenjoDaro2 days ago
+5
By who? By the time they've achieved all their goals somewhere in the next 5 decades or so, its too late to do anything to hold them accountable as they're gonna brush it off as "its their ancestors the one committing it".
Kinda like current Japan where they will refuse to acknowledge their atrocities during WW2, but we cant blame them because the people who actually committed all the atrocities are long gone.....while they're living proudly on top of their dead ancestors plundered riches.
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Lethaldiran-NoggenEU2 days ago
+598
Guys I can feel I tell you.
I sense a letter filled with strong words, very strong words.
If only UNFIL did their job.
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Nepridiprav162 days ago
+79
What job?
UNIFIL’s primary role is to **support** the Lebanese Armed Forces. They aren't supposed to gointo private property or search homes for Hezbollah's rockets on their own, they are supposed to do it alongside the LAF.
If you want to blame someone, blame useless Lebanese army for not disarming Hezbollah.
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xmuskorx2 days ago
+131
UNIFIL has an expanded mandate to Monitor Hezbollah withdrawal:
"and several further resolutions in 2006 to confirm Hezbollah demilitarisation"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Interim_Force_in_Lebanon
But they never took that very seriously and essentially continued to see themselves as anti-Israel force only.
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ADP_God2 days ago
-1
The world was meant to disarm Hamas too. Made a lot of noise. Did nothing. Lots of headlines and Israelis still suffer under terror threat, but aren’t allowed to respond or its aggression.
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PeksyTiger2 days ago
+57
Support how? Pompoms?
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HotSteak2 days ago
+13
UNIFIL does nothing helpful and consumes 15% of the UN budget. They should just be disbanded and sent home.
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gbbmiler2 days ago
+21
And yet if they had the balls of Nordbat, everyone would be better off except Hezbollah.
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Background-Value-9552 days ago
+3
How the hell do you expect LAF to disarm Hezb? They get two hundred dollars salary, and they have to work other jobs to live, they get mocked by their own countrymen, and the weapons they have are the trash of another country.
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MaleCowShitDetector2 days ago
+15
You're right, they are there to take bribes from hezbollah instead.
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MagnificoReattore2 days ago
+12
They are there to monitor and support the Lebanese troops, they are the ineffective one at most. What did you expect them to do? Invade Lebanon, bomb Beirut and do a roundup house by house ?
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Mission_Scale_8602 days ago
+31
Yes, removing Hezbollah from Lebanon and hopefully Earth
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MagnificoReattore2 days ago
+4
Obviously the Word_Word_Number with hidden profile does not even engage with the content of the comment.
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Aromatic-Teacher-7172 days ago
+3
Bots just try to stir engagement
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Lethaldiran-NoggenEU2 days ago
-9
May as well not be there in the crossfire, do you agree?
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MagnificoReattore2 days ago
+11
Because they're supposed to be in areas where there is tension, but rather, why are they getting shot at by a nation that is supposed to be our ally and got our support?
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Lethaldiran-NoggenEU2 days ago
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My bet is fog of war and misidentification.
There is nothing to gain from shooting an ally, would not be surprised if it was Hezbollah who opened fire.
We still do not know all the details.
Areas where there is tension? Where were they when Hezbollah shot his rockets in support of Iran.
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MagnificoReattore2 days ago
+4
Sure, it was probably the n-th mistake. It feels like they just don't care much about anyone else, even if they are allies.
Again, they are a peace force that is supposed to create a buffer zone to protect civilians. They are a not an attack force with the duty of getting rid of hostile militias, for that there is the army of the country they are in, they only provide support, otherwise it would be an illegal invasion.
If our ally wants a UN force to protect their civilians from rockets, they should invite them to their territory, why don't they ask for that instead of shooting them?
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TurelSun2 days ago
-3
There is a long history of them attacking UNIFIL. They've literally rolled their tanks into UNIFIL bases in the past. Its not a mistake.
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TunaBarrett2 days ago
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Wow you can feel you tell us? Great.
Getting shot at by the supposed good guys doesnt really help when they are trying to do their job you know.
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Lethaldiran-NoggenEU2 days ago
+14
What is their job?
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mdedetrich2 days ago
+24
They were meant to help in the military disarmament of Hezzbolah
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Lethaldiran-NoggenEU2 days ago
+25
But that isn't happening for like 30 years no?
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xXDelta33Xx2 days ago
+179
How the f*** is this allowed to happen over and over again? When will this bullshit end?
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WretchedMisteak2 days ago
+36
Israel is a scourge on this planet.
Deplorable and hateful.
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tavo7912 days ago
+29
Israel doing Israel shit
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StubbornPterodactyl2 days ago
+4
If Israel or any European country has to disappear, it's Israel a million times over.
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Wankstain82 days ago
+99
Nothing new for the Israeli regime.
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jeaxz742 days ago
+25
Legit question though, how come Isreal gets a pass on a lot of stuff? If it was like Russia or China they would be lambasted.
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jucheonsun2 days ago
+29
One word answer: USA.
Any proposed actions against Israel by the UN will be vetoed by the US. Unilateral actions are not effective if the world's most powerful country is not onboard and goes its way to punish countries that decide to do so
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SeaworthinessSome4542 days ago
+15
Hezbollah doesn’t need protection, they aren’t an innocent victim.
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Dark_World_Blues2 days ago
+34
They just tell others "you shouldn't do that." They don't do a thing.
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EnthusiasmUnusual2 days ago
+4
Pretty sure Israel are destroying and annexing parts of Lebanon. The UN should be protecting against them.
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BrooklynSmash2 days ago
+11
Nah man, apparently everyone in Lebanon is Hezbollah, and those are *bad guys.* You can't support the *bad guys.*
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Sorry_ImFrench2 days ago
Any excuse to bomb civilians and colonize lands is good to israel
People eat that shit right up
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rgeebee2 days ago
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That's exactly their job. To create these headlines and make it harder for the IDF to target Hezbollah without causing an international incident
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Zestyclose-Carry-1712 days ago
Or maybe to make it harder for Israel to target civilians without causing international uproar
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par-a-dox-i-cal2 days ago
+3
Sure, because that is what IDF is there to do, to target civilians...
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The_Sitdown_Gun2 days ago
+12
Thats literally what theyre best at lol
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Zestyclose-Carry-1712 days ago
+9
They sure as hell are trying their hardest not to miss them
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shebaiscool2 days ago
-9
I don't think evidence backs this up. Israel certainly has a high acceptable casualty limit but they do, consistently make their life more difficult by taking extra steps to avoid civilian causalities.
Is it enough to justify the civilian deaths they cause? That probably isn't an answerable question. But to say Israel has plenty of things to be critical of without painting them as monsters that actively try to kill civilians.
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TurelSun2 days ago
+4
Did they wave these acceptable casualty limits when they targeted the Italian UNIFIL troops? Because they have a history of very precise attacks against UNIFIL positions.
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Zestyclose-Carry-1712 days ago
+3
They systematically use double tap strikes to target medical workers once they come to the strikes sites to help the injured
They did the same on a hospital in Gaza, the same in Beyrouth back in 2025
If they were trying to avoid hitting citizens, they wouldn't act like they did
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Heavy_Swordfish_63042 days ago
-3
That's what seems to be their favourite hobby
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The_Sitdown_Gun2 days ago
-3
At least theyre trying, unlike the US actively causing chaos
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toofine2 days ago
+19
Israel is a rabid animal of a country. Just cut ties with them already.
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nizoubizou102 days ago
+9
They’ve been doing this so many times.
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xmuskorx2 days ago
+61
UNIFIL is the most useless organization in the world.
They were so useless even the UN ended their mandate - an they are leaving on December 31, 2026 anyway.
Why don't they do everyone a favor and leave early?
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swiftmen9912 days ago
+199
Ah so let’s shoot at them then
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Aromatic-Teacher-7172 days ago
+7
Drink their blood, too!
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Party-Ring4452 days ago
+4
More countries need to recognize Palestine instead of Israel
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Mitamarin2 days ago
+8
That's anti septic.
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Naijan1 day ago
+4
Which government? Pa or Hamas?
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Known_Week_1581 day ago
+1
Will Italy summon someone from UNAFIL from being at best useless, and at worst shielding Hezbollah as they ready attacks?
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redirectedRedditUser2 days ago
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don't attack the West Bibi
Israel will regret if you act further against us
Donald will not make it into next term, but now everyone hates you. Even JD Vance and most of MAGA
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Ebisu_20232 days ago
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“Shots” fired? I think you meant missles.
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desba33472 days ago
-72
The UN needs to leave, they haven’t upheld their part of the deal.
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xmuskorx2 days ago
+24
Good news! Their mandate ends this year on December 31st.
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TurelSun2 days ago
-1
Not fast enough for Israel apparently.
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xmuskorx2 days ago
+6
They should have left yesterday.
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soyuz_enjoyer22 days ago
+4
Smartest American
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HousingThrowAway10922 days ago
+26
NATO is a defensive pact. Also irrelevant here
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desba33472 days ago
+5
No.
The UN mission is to keep peace, monitor activity, and help the Lebanese army keep Hezbollah north of the Latani river.
There is not peace, because Hezbollah broke the ceasefire (multiple times).
Hezbollah is active south of the Latani river.
The only thing close to upholding what they are supposed to do is “monitoring” the situation, by being present and doing absolutely nothing besides getting in the way, allowing Hezbollah to operate in close vicinity, and abusing the local population.
So like I said, they haven’t upheld their part of the deal, so they should probably leave.
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GoodBadUserName2 days ago
-19
UNIFIL has allowed again the mandate they signed on to be there, for hezbollah to take control and set base in south lebanon, let alone literally right next to UNIFIL as israel shown not ao long ago.
They are still there because they get the money to be there, and they have been there as a way to keep israel in check, not to do their job.
I expect they lie again as they lied before about before, when they blamed israel rockets where shot at them, ended up failed rockets from hezbollah.
Nothing that comes out of their mouth is a real truth. The moment the mandate was signed as irrelevant they should have got up and left. Not like they are doing their job now except trying to be human shields to hezbollah.
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par-a-dox-i-cal2 days ago
-34
What peacekeeping are they doing? UN are useless.
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Dashin52 days ago
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Hicklethumb2 days ago
-12
Imagine Italy saw this as an act of war and invoked Article 4.
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BTechUnited2 days ago
+4
Wouldn't qualify.
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copperblood2 days ago
-50
It’s really simple actually, Israel didn’t get the memo and kept carpet bombing Lebanon.
Something something the religious fanatics on both sides have a symbiotic relationship
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TurelSun2 days ago
+9
It was a targeted attack. They knew what they were doing and its far from the first time this has happened.
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Mission_Scale_8602 days ago
+5
Israel lack the airframes for carpet bombing. You’re just making shit up
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Spinoza421 day ago
Finally Europe is summoning the right ambassadors. Well. US ambassadors should be next, but it's a good start.
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