Another UN position of the Ghanaian battalion in the area of Marwahin in the western sector was also directly hit by one mortar round from the Hezbollah side last night. The round did not explode, and there were no casualties or material damage. Another 5 incidents of firing close to UN positions from the Israeli side were reported yesterday. It was also reported that Hezbollah fired from the vicinity of four UN positions at Alma ash Shab, Tibnin, Brashit, and At Tiri. All UNIFIL positions remain occupied and maintained by the troops.
I'd say that puts a fly or two in the "Israel intentionally targeted U.N. peace-keeping (what an oxymoron) forces" ointment.
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Remember, Six, it helps Hezbollah, it supporters, and Isreal's opponents of all stripes if Isreal hits civillians, UN workers, and reporters. And the more destruction and death caused by either side will automatically get blamed on Isreal by these same people. Meanwhile, Isreal's interests mandate a minimum of such casualties. So whereas Hezbollah would seek to coax Isreal into hitting these targets, Isreal will try to minimize them. Nadir and other Hezbollah supporters will monitor the press wires for any mistakes by Isreal and parade them as intentional. But of course even if Isreali's army was magic and could eliminate Hezbollah by killing only people who had Hezbollah photo ID cards on them, they would still oppose Isreal.
This certainly adds an other plausable explanation for why Isreali rounds would hit a UN locale.
Perhaps Isreal should take one hour to demonstrate the results of their targetting UN offices, reporters, and civillians.
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