UN peacekeepers 'impotent' as Israel-Hezbollah conflict escalates: Analysis

Israel's air strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut has killed at least six people. The Israeli army says it was an attempt to kill a senior Hezbollah commander.
This comes after hundreds of strikes on Monday killed more than 500 people in Lebanon.
Raymond Murphy is a professor at the University of Galway’s Irish Centre for Human Rights and served as a UN Peace keeper with UNIFIL in Lebanon. He says the situation in Lebanon is “extremely dangerous” and that Israel has attacked to not only defeat Hezbollah but provoke it to respond with increasing force.
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[@johnwaragah8010]

UNIFIL has always been impotent.Its absurd that Aljazeera is realizing that now

[@syedsalam3199]

Whole world is impotent, not only UN.

[@PrtyNeal]

The UN is a toothless pitbull

[@danaplaczek9664]

Unfortunately yes, but this is a feature, not a bug.

[@longinusukenta]

Exactly. The UN failed to stop Hezbolah rocket attacks.

[@BRNNTNT]

Hezbollah is using people as human shields and civilian building. The exact same rhetoric as they did in Gaza, but it's what they are taught "israel dictionary"

[@resurrectedone7463]

2 million Israelis have fled the pariah state, companies are shutting down since there are no materials and tourists are all time low.

[@meirtzfat5962]

keep believing that lol

[@Shining237]

If The United Nations functioned like it's supposed to they could stop this senseless violence

[@BacBac-g5e]

When it comes to Ukraine they're not impotent. Only for Israel they are impotent. Wonder why?

[@ad_astra468]

There’s no peacekeepers in Ukraine, the only thing the UN does is green light NATO to aid Ukraine against Russia.
That’s what the UN is good for, green lighting stuff. Without countries willing to do the heavy lifting that doesn’t amount to much.

[@dsadunnodudeish4535]

Huh they didn't do anything for 2 and half years in the Russia-Ukraine war 🤡

[@randomka-52alligatorthatis34]

I have no idea what you're talking about, people have been saying similar things with Ukraine due to Russia's use of its Veto power in the UNSC.

[@GooseBlack-se3kv]

Did Ukraine shoot the first fire?

[@135isu]

Peacekeeping let Tutsi in Rwanda massacre and standing by is really a joke

[@conanc1487]

If your Emergency Room reception looks like WalMart on Black Friday, you are in a poorly run country.

[@longinusukenta]

The UN peacekeepers were also impotent in stopping Hezbolah attacks.

[@creativestyle7358]

In labanan 35% christian population are there ..

[@mtawali13]

What about the attacks from lebanon on Israel?

[@ColoniaMurder20]

you reap what you sow.

[@HKim0072]

Total mischaracterization of the role of UN troops. It's always been more of a political buffer than a military one. It's "try to think twice before attacking" role. UN ain't an army fighting both sides.

[@sangarmatale]

Idiotic UN policies.🌛🌞

[@Teddil-id9ue]

Impotent, that's absolutely exact.

[@eastafrica1020]

The UN peacekeepers were supposed to keep Hesbollah away from the border with Israel. But they let them move in through the years.

[@cdfHerze]

What Israel is doing in Lebanon is totally unacceptable.

[@ayaxer]

Hiding behind civilians and then cry in the u.n for genocide

[@minja87logo87]

They hidding under ground, civilians is over ground.. Free world from zionism

[@ediamin6277]

@@ayaxer that's a good excuse by Israel!to say they hiding behind civilians!now they can bomb everything without an excuse!that's how the devils move!

[@donnamarie5383]

Go back to Germany

[@Dev5tor]

Another statement like that you don't even have to use your brain cells to understand what's happening 😂

[@gabrieloricho1028]

They never functioned in Ukraine, what makes you think they will function in the middle East.?

[@Atmost11]

[country name] is the worst country in the world.
Americans, cut your losses, your partner is out of control, keep trusting [the country] and you're the only one to blame for what happens

[@Shimonayani]

In 7.10
Yisrael lost 1200 citizens in 1 day..!
Remember it!.

[@rikkidiamond9340]

in 24.09 Palestine lost 41000 citizens in many months, Remember it!.

[@anichoyhan1316]

1year ago lolzz

[@Shimonayani]

​@@rikkidiamond9340
go and show these numbers to sinvar

[@drumultabereim5]

Hezbollah lost 239 penises. Remember that.

[@syedsalam3199]

Out of 1,200 , over 800 were shot by Israeli army to mislead the world.

[@foxxodk646]

The Lion of Judah has risen

[@MegaBeaumont]

ICC???????? the Muslim world???, silence....

[@topdamagewizard]

Big up Galway. Big up Ireland.

[@geovanniali6060]

?

[@asraful3215]

I never see any propoganda channel but.Aljazera show the real thing because isreali supporters also use to see this channel....

[@PaulOPC-rc9wn]

Most of the casualties are caused by secondary explosion of hezbolla missiles.
How can terrorists be talking about international law? 🤔
Sending 9,000 missiles into israel is in accordance with international laws ?
Tell us have hezbolla gone.

[@relevantinformation110]

@@PaulOPC-rc9wn you're stupid am African but Israel will pay for this your day's are numbered,soon you'll filled the pain like they do

[@living_peace]

The Israeli government should not make calculation mistakes. Russia, the world's superpower, buys weapons from Iran, so Israel should think first and then act.

[@Thelordprovides24]

😂😂😂😂.
Keep waiting for Russia.
They will come after Ukraine.
Is three years now, and they are still waiting for trump to bail them out of the war they started.
Keep waiting, joke

[@PaulOPC-rc9wn]

😂😂😂😂 Ukraine is different from Israel. Which country's fighter jet is Iran using?

[@mdnaushad-yl2wp]

Hi

[@ObaidulAhmed-qt2ze]

Allah save the Muslim 😢

[@gerrya4818]

sorry, there is no allah to save you

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Devil is Allah

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Baal the god of moon and stars.

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