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Hezbollah Condemns Attack on UNIFIL

Al-Manar | May 28, 2011

Hezbollah condemned the attack which targeted United Nation Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol, considering it as a “criminal act”.

Hezbollah Media Relations issued a statement, saying the party “ considers this a criminal act and calls on the Lebanese special services to investigate and uncover the perpetrators and hold them accountable”.

Six Italian peacekeepers were wounded, along with two civilians on Friday in a roadside bomb explosion targeting a UN patrol along Rmeileh highway leading to the coastal city of Saida, south of Lebanon.

According to Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa, two of the peacekeepers were in serious condition.

A spokesman for the UNIFIL, Neeraj Singh, said: “this is a despicable act that is clearly directed at undermining UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and stability in Lebanon”, referring to the resolution that ended July war in 2006.

May 28, 2011 - Posted by | Aletho News

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