According to the Foreign Office, “These attacks on the peacekeepers are flagrant violations of international law for which there must be accountability”.

The Pakistani Foreign Office also expressed Islamabad’s solidarity with UNIFIL and affirmed its unwavering support for UN peacekeeping operations.

The Lebanese Army rejected on February 14 the attack on the personnel and vehicles of the UN peacekeeping mission in Beirut amid political tensions in the country.

The military authorities promised to take “urgent measures to identify the attackers, arrest them, and bring them to justice.

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