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Middle East crisis live: EU chief says Israel firing on peacekeepers ‘not acceptable’; UN says personnel in Lebanon ‘increasingly in jeopardy’

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European Council president Charles Michel said an “attack” on UN peace operations was “not acceptable”, after peacekeepers said Israeli forces fired on their headquarters in south Lebanon, injuring two blue helmets from Indonesia.

“An attack against a UN peace mission is not responsible, is not acceptable and that’s why we call on Israel and we call on all sides to fully respect international humanitarian law,” he told AFP.

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