Israel PM criticises Lebanon UN force after peacekeeper death

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Jerusalem (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticised the UN force in Lebanon just days after a Spanish peacekeeper was killed by what Madrid said was Israeli fire.

In a telephone call with UN chief Ban Ki-moon late on Sunday, Netanyahu charged that the UN force was failing to report on what Israel alleges is large-scale movement of weapons into south Lebanon by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah.

He also complained that a UN Security Council resolution, which created and expanded the number and mission of the UN force after Israel's bloody 2006 war with Hezbollah, had not been implemented.

"The prime minister noted that UN Security Council Resolution 1701 has not been implemented and added that UNIFIL soldiers are not reporting on the smuggling of weapons into southern Lebanon," his office said.

http://news.yahoo.com/israel-pm-criticises-lebanon-un-force-peacekeeper-death-112825165.html

"So sorry we killed your guy, please send more."

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http://news.yahoo.com/un-peacekeeper-killed-south-lebanon-spokesman-132237230.html

Beirut (AFP) - A UN peacekeeper from Spain was killed Wednesday in southern Lebanon, a source at the Spanish embassy said, as the Israeli military shelled border areas after a Hezbollah attack.

Earlier, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon spokesman Andrea Tenenti said the peacekeepers' commander, Major General Luciano Portolano, was "in close contact with all the parties, urging maximum restraint to prevent an escalation."

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