Andrea Tenenti, a spokesman for the UN\u2019s peacekeeping force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, says the safety of its troops is at risk during the ongoing border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
\n\u201cWe have been seeing in recent days heavy shelling throughout the area of operations,\u201d Tenenti told Al Jazeera. \u201cThe fact [Israeli] troops have moved very close to our position, the Irish contingent, at the moment is also a concern.\u201d
\nUNIFIL soldiers are caught in the crossfire, he said.
\n\u201cDefinitely also concerning is the fact we were told to move from certain positions along the Blue Line, but we are staying because we want the UN flag to fly in all these positions close to the Blue Line.\u201d
\nTenenti was referring to the UN-drawn \u201cprovisional border of withdrawal\u201d between Israel and Lebanon established in 2000.<\/p>\n
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