A UN vehicle drives, during a Reuters' visit at Camp Shamrock where Irish and Polish peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) are stationed near Maroun al-Ras village close to the Lebanese-Israeli border, in southern Lebanon November 29, 2023. [Aziz Taher/Reuters]

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Why are UN peacekeepers in Lebanon being attacked by Israel?

Name: Why are UN peacekeepers in Lebanon being attacked by Israel?
Uploaded: 2024-10-11T18:55:28Z
Duration: 3 min 2 s
Description: Israeli forces are attacking UN peacekeeper troops in southern Lebanon.

Israeli forces are attacking UN peacekeeper troops in southern Lebanon. Why are the soldiers there and why does Israel see them as targets? Al Jazeera’s Virginia Pietromarchi has some answers.