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UK, France cite UN finding that UN compound was hit by tank, urge ceasefire and respect for humanitarian law
Summary
The United Kingdom and France convened a meeting to discuss United Nations findings that a tank strike hit a UN compound, a UK representative said, and called for a return to international humanitarian law and an immediate ceasefire.
The United Kingdom and France convened a meeting to discuss United Nations findings that a tank strike hit a UN compound, a UK representative said, and called for a return to international humanitarian law and an immediate ceasefire.
"The UK and France have called the meeting today," the UK representative said, adding that "the UN is confident in their findings and that they have not reached this conclusion lightly." The representative said a British national was injured in the strike and that consular colleagues and the UN humanitarian coordinator had visited the person; the representative said the British national was stable and "making a recovery." The representative also said a UN worker was killed in the incident.
The UK representative criticized reports that the Israel Defense Forces have stopped accepting deconfliction requests, calling that "unacceptable," and urged both Israel and Hamas to "return to international humanitarian law and to return to a ceasefire as soon as possible." The representative said the meeting should allow discussion of the UN findings while allowing Israel to pursue its own investigations.
When asked about reported strikes on Beirut, the UK representative said officials were "concerned about every breach of the ceasefire" and that the situation in Lebanon, Syria and the Golan was being watched closely, but that the day's discussions would focus on the hit to the UN compound.
The meeting focused on three immediate points raised by the UK representative: discussion of the UN'issued investigative findings, allowing states named in the report to pursue their own inquiries, and restoring conditions for humanitarian work by restarting deconfliction arrangements and reestablishing a ceasefire.
No formal decisions or votes were recorded in the transcript. The UK representative emphasized the human cost of the conflict, saying it has been "the deadliest conflict for humanitarian workers, and too many have lost their lives."
