UN mission says Israeli tanks forcibly entered base in southern Lebanon
by Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#6REFF)
Unifil seeks explanation from IDF for shocking violations' while Netanyahu urges peacekeepers to withdraw
The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon has said two Israeli tanks destroyed a gate and forcibly entered a base in the south of the country as Israel's ground operation against Hezbollah moved deeper into Lebanese territory.
The incident in Ramyah on Sunday morning was the latest in a string of violations that Unifil, the UN force deployed since 1978 to southern Lebanon, has blamed on the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
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