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Israel's Netanyahu demands UN peacekeepers leave Lebanon's ‘danger zone’
Destroyed buildings at a commercial street that was hit Saturday night by Israeli airstrikes, are seen in Nabatiyeh town, south Lebanon, October 13, 2024

ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded today that the United Nations remove its peacekeepers from Lebanon’s “danger zone.”

He told UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres: “Your refusal to evacuate the Unifil soldiers makes them hostages of Hezbollah.

“Mr secretary-general, get the Unifil forces out of harm's way. It should be done right now, immediately.”

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