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The Irish troops watching Israel’s hidden war – BBC News
Along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, since 7 October the Israel Defence Forces have also been engaged in continuous fighting against the Lebanon-based Islamist armed group and political party Hezbollah.
The group are seen as terrorists by governments including the UK, and have long been opposed to Israel’s presence in disputed lands in the south of the country – resulting not in a border, but a so-called ‘blue line’ drawn by the UN, dividing the two nations.
From the Lebanese front line, embedded with Irish UN peacekeeping troops, Nafiseh Kohnavard reports.
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The US said it has hit “dozens” of Iranian military targets in overnight attacks, in response to Iran hitting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
The military said it struck “air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats”, using aircraft, ships, and drones – including “one-way attack sea drones for the first time”.
“The Strait of Hormuz is a vital maritime corridor for global trade,” the US military said. “Iran does not control it”.
In response, Iran said it targeted US bases in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait and also radar systems in Oman.
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President Donald Trump has said the US is reinstating a naval blockade of Iranian ports and will impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz following days of escalating strikes between the two countries.
He said this would stop “Iran’s ships or customers” from entering or leaving the key oil shipping route, but “all other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait”.
Iran’s foreign minister later said whoever provides safe passage “should be compensated for this service”, but Iran would remain the strait’s “GUARDIAN” – using Trump’s word.
Tehran and Washington clashed over the strait’s control after exchanging strikes in the region overnight and on Monday.
The US said it carried out strikes against military targets in Iran, targeting air defence systems, coastal radars, and missile and drone sites. Iran said it responded by striking US military bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain, and radars in Oman.
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Wildfires of ‘exceptional scale’ have taken force in Paris, as neighbouring Spain still tackles flames across the country following its own devastating fires.
Now the UK is also experiencing wildfires in England and Wales, as its third heatwave of the year is set to intensify again this week.
Here’s what we know so far about the extent of wildfires in Europe and the UK, and how heatwaves are impacting them.
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Explosions have been heard near two Iranian port cities, Bandar Abbas and Bushehr, state media has reported.
It comes after another night of strikes between the US and Iran, with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps saying it hit two UAE tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and targeted US facilities in Jordan and Bahrain.
The UAE called the attack “brazen”, adding that an Indian crew member was killed and eight others were injured.
Meanwhile, the US military says it completed strikes on targets aimed at degrading “Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping” – Iranian state media reports three people were killed.
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The US military said it was carrying out a new wave of strikes on targets in Iran. It said the aim of the attacks was to degrade Iran’s ability to attack shipping in the strait of Hormuz. It came ass the US Navy resumed its blockade of Iran’s ports.
Iran said that control of the strait of Hormuz was required for its national security and it will exercise sovereignty over the key shipping lane, whatever the cost.
President Trump announced that he was scrapping a plan he had announced a day earlier, for placing a 20% toll or tariff on all cargos passing through the strait of Hormuz.
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@user-yb2tp4qf1r
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
Peace keeper? It's a waste of time, they have zero control over what Hezbollah is doing, like enforcing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701. Lets face it, Lebanon is not a country any more, it's just, another, land that Iran is using as a terror base. Lebanon used to be the crown jewel of the middle east but since Yasser Arafat and the Arab Palestinians moved in to this country, after they were deported by the king of Jordan (read about "black september"), this country went in to a self destruction mode.
@belliboep
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
Rubbish editing – sort the audio out!
@RockomusiK
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
My father did six trips there. 🇮🇪
@liammeech3702
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
Considering the fact that the Irish divide has historically been compared to the Isreal/Palestine one – since Oct 7 I wonder if this will open wounds.
@Not_youuu991
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
Jewish soldiers were cruel and brutal😮😮
@Laurossaskitsos
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
Ireland is the country to have respectable UN Peacekeepers, despite the UN being useless.
@user-jj2rc1jx7q
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
As someone who’s there I can tell you the peace keepers don’t keep anything and doesn’t do there job at all, there helping the terrorists and noting more!
@mattcurry9220
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
Well that was a very diplomatic way of saying that a certain country is responsible for the ongoing issues.
@JLTJr.
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
Brave guys , those Irish Peacekeepers . Too bad that Hezbollah and its arsenal are flourishing right under UNIFIL's nose . Apparently the UNIFIL crest features the 3 monkees : hear no evil , speak no evil and for the love of God and all that's holy please don't see any evil . If I'm lying , I'm buying .
@knightofthecouch1673
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
As an Austrian who is currently in military service it always astonishes how actually far spread the STG-77 rifle is!
@shlamimk4664
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
I might be a brit on my passport, but my heritage and heart is Celtic.
The Irish are by far the strongest of the Celtic family and they set a fine example for the rest of us.
Best peace keepers around, too.
@dontworry2770
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
Salute irish troops and people what a great people
@anfearcrionna
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
The local lad speaks with an Irish accent and has never set foot in Ireland I say. The Brits and the French made a right balls of this whole area for their own selfish colonial needs and we are still living with the consequences.
@jonatan430
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
why everyone so admired from UNFIL, bunch of cowerds and losers their missions are keeping the peace? bullshit every time there is warming in the border between IL and Lebanon they running away so bravely , they are just waste of money and resources shame on you.
@Fischer977
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
The UN and the Irish troops can be ashamed of themselves for being anti Israeli biased.
According to resolution 1701 they signed to keep hizbullah 10 km from the Israeli border which they didn't do. Hizbullah is provoking Israel into a war that the UN could and should prevent. They're only good for condemning Israel
@leorgolan7802
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
With all due respect to the Irish. UNIFIL have and are failing at their mission. Their mission is to keep the peace, but Hezbollah keeps launching attacks from under their nose… which results in the growing Israeli retaliatory attacks that this piece mentions. The IDF's attacks on Hezbollah have been in response to incidents of Cornette (anti-tank) missiles, mortars, rockets and machine gun fire being fired by Hezbollah at Israeli military and civilians near the border. UNIFIL has not been able to stop these. This is a very biased piece making it seem like Israel is the aggressor, when it isn't. At all. I challenge BBC NEWS to reach out to me and come see this from the other side of the border to get the full story.
@eelelaelad
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
But not even one word about the fact that Israel is only reacting to attacks by Hezbollah!
Israel did not attack or operate in southern Lebanon until the terrorist organization Hezbollah attacked towns and civilians.
And of course there is no mention of the fact that, like Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah operates, like mice, in and behind the civilian population.
This is what the BBC will not dare to present because it is contrary to the channel's anti-Demiic narrative!!!
Shame on you!!!
@johnwalsh1879
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
As an irsh man I'm so proud of our lads. Happy Christmas boys
@dorbahat7648
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
Weren't they supposed to enforce UN resolution 1701? What's up with that?
@balls2you123
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
great warriors and men but the UN doesnt do anything
@KUPERr12
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
What a useless force
@achinoy
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
Israel attacked UN peacekeepers and the Lebanese army.
@kyryllkeswick815
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
As an Israeli, who lives in the Golan Heights and saw both wars at Lebanon, I can say that UN troops are the most useless thing in the region. Irish, Poles, etc. All of them run away when Hezbollah comes. Even druze militia has more firepower and experience than this nonsense you call "troops". Yet, only IDF can keep peace and fight terror in the region nowadays. Not these blue boys.
@exever_
December 30, 2023 at 7:51 am
if every country was like Ireland, much respect