Why has Israel attacked UN peacekeepers in Lebanon? | Israel attacks Lebanon

Condemnation has come in from across the world after Israel twice attacked United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon.

The multi-nation UNIFIL force has been in southern Lebanon since 1978.

So why is Israel targeting the mission?

And can it remain in place?

Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault

Guests:

Ali Riza – Political and security affairs analyst

Rami Khouri – Distinguished public policy fellow at the American University of Beirut

Raymond Murphy – Professor with the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the University of Galway and a former UN peacekeeper with UNIFIL in Lebanon