A leaked confidential military report from the Spanish Armed Forces has determined that the death of Corporal Ivan Lopez Sanchez, a soldier who was serving in the UN observer force in Lebanon, was the result of a deliberate Israeli attack.
Cpl. Sanchez died in Lebanon on January 28 in an Israeli shelling. On January 18 Israel attacked a group of Hezbollah anti-ISIS fighters in Syria, killing five of them. The January 28 incident came when Hezbollah forces in Lebanon killed a pair of Israeli soldiers.
Instead of retaliating against the Hezbollah forces at the Lebanon border, Israel launched artillery strikes deeper inland, hitting a UN observation post and killing the Spanish corporal.
This was not the first time Cpl. Sanchez’s killing was indicated to have been intentional, as the UN noted that the Israeli strikes zeroed in specifically on the known observer post, and made no attempt to hit the source of the fire in Lebanon.
Israel is the enemy of the peace, in last 60 years they have proved to be such regime. This is not the first time israel killing UN employee or peace keeping forces, the question is what Spain or for that matter rest of Europe going to do about it. Next move by the Swedish government is to boycott Israeli goods that are falsely sold as "made in Spain" and for rest of europ to follow. Sweden imports 50% of its food, Greece, Spain and Italy are food producing, agriculture producers in europe they are closer to Sweden then Israel is, they need the Swedish business more then israel apartheid regime dose.
And what are they going to do about it?
Thanks, Jason Ditz, for sharing this. There is a significant history of Israeli impudence toward the UN–particularly toward the UN forces serving in Lebanon 'UNIFIL'. It ranges from bold non-cooperation to harassment, to armed physical threat, to lethal attacks. Sadly, the best we can hope for is yet another UN statement condemning this latest action. That said, the more the public is aware, the more chance for pressure to stop Israel's decades-long impunity.
If ever there were a 'rogue' nation' it is Israel.
The Israelis are making their bed for all time, . . . and they are going to have to sleep in it.
and still they wonder why anti Israel feeling around the world is exploding
"… when Hezbollah forces in Lebanon killed a pair of Israeli soldiers."
I didn't know isreal soldiers came in pairs.
Taliban, Al Qaeda, ISIS, ISIL (whatever the msm is calling them this week) — all of these terrorists and not a single strike by any of them against Israel directly. Hmm….