SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has condemned two attacks within 24 hours on United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon that killed three Indonesian soldiers.
All of the victims were part of a multinational brigade under the command of Spain’s General Antonio Bernal Martín.
Pedro Sanchez- posting on the X social media platform- also called on Israel to halt its military offensive, stating that a ‘new red line’ was crossed on Sunday.
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“Spain categorically condemns these events and demands that the origin of the projectile be clarified, and calls on the Israeli government to halt hostilities,” added Sanchez.
“Attacks on UN peacekeeping missions are an unjustifiable aggression against the entire international community,” he continued after reports of Sunday’s death was confirmed.
He lost his life as a result of ‘indirect artillery fire’ which was almost certainly of Israeli origin.
The other two Indonesians died on Monday from the explosion of a device as their vehicle passed, which also left two injured.
They were part of a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which includes around 700 Spanish troops.
Defence Minister, Margarita Robles, expressed her ‘enormous concern’ over what happened.
Southern Lebanon has been under sustained Israeli bombardment as part of the offensive against the Shiite group Hezbollah.
That’s amid the broader conflict linked to the war involving Iran and the escalating crisis across the Middle East.
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