Qatar Condemns in Strongest Terms Attack Targeting UNIFIL in Lebanon

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Doha - November 7, 2024  

The State of Qatar strongly condemns the attack targeting the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which resulted in injuries among the force members of Malaysian nationality. Qatar considers this a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasizes the necessity of an immediate and independent international investigation to uncover the circumstances of this attack. It also calls on the international community to take decisive measures to oblige the Israeli occupation to immediately cease its aggressive attacks and repeated violations of international law.

The ministry stresses the need for concerted regional and international efforts to stop the Israeli aggression against Lebanon and to unite in order to prevent the region from sliding into a comprehensive regional war.

The ministry expresses the State of Qatar's wishes for a swift recovery to the injured.