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Netanyahu tells UN to move Lebanon peacekeepers out of 'harm's way'

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Residents slavage their belongings at the site of an Israeli strike on the Basta neighbourhood in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 11, 2024. At least 22 people were killed in Israeli strikes on a densely populated area of central Beirut on October 10, the Lebanese health ministry said. [AFP]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called on the UN chief to move peacekeepers deployed in south Lebanon out of "harm's way", claiming Hezbollah used them as "human shields."

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