Blue helmets under fire. Israel’s attack on the UIFIL command and bases in Lebanon, where there are also Italian soldiers, provoked an indignant reaction from Italy. No Italian soldier was injured but “but the thing is frankly irrelevant, the nationality of the soldiers is relevant, here we are talking about the United Nations and the soldiers who are there are soldiers who represent the international community”, explains General Vincenzo Camporini, former Chief of Defense Staff during the Friday 11 October episode of Omnibus, on La7.
“If there are any criticisms to be made of the decisions of the United Nations, it is a completely different matter, which goes beyond what happens on the ground – explains Camporini – and on the ground these forces are absolutely untouchable. therefore there is no possibility of finding any justifications and what happened.” But why did Israel attack the peacekeepers? “What I hope is that it was a local initiative by a commander and that it does not correspond to a strategy decided by the Israeli General Staff – comments the senior officer – Unfortunately when wars are fought often on the ground one takes initiatives because he believes it is necessary even if he does not have precise directives.” Otherwise, “if there is instead an Israeli will to eradicate Unifil, then there really is a very serious political problem that must be faced and overcome”, concludes the general
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