Sky News joins Irish UN peacekeepers in Lebanon | Israel-Hamas war

[@tragicevans4157]

UN peace keeping troops has the right to defend themselves.

[@rogerleonard5351]

Blue helmets need to stay out of the way, let them fight.

[@grogscol]

They can return fire if attacked, UNIFIL is a peace keeping force which is different from peace enforcement.

[@chikipu225]

@@rogerleonard5351their job is to stay in the way of aggressors that don’t respect borders. Ie: IDF.

[@Mike-iq5sr]

They cannot return fire. They're only there to observe anf report. Its idiot. Ireland should have stopped sending troops to UNIFIL since1982. When the IDF runned over all checkpoints of UNIFIL. The Dutch gouvernment announced to stop sending soldiers since then .After downsize their troops, first, the Dutch left Lebanon in 1985 to never return. It's an useless mission with the most louzy mandatory ever. Ireland should stop sending young men to Lebanon. Its noth worth it.

[@gerardflynn7382]

​@@Mike-iq5srNot just men are sent. Irish Defence Force women travel also.

[@richardbarrow6606]

Stay Safe Lads 🇮🇪

[@MaryKelly-ji8ve]

And ladies

[@bryanbrookes6366]

The Irish peacekeepers should be commended for their bravery in such difficult circumstances. They have a long history of brave actions whilst on UN duties including the siege of Jadotville in the Congo

[@srebaayao9616]

There is no peace to keep. They should better go home. Hellbollahs are proliferating while they are keeping the peace? What peace? Peace of the Hellbollahs?>

[@meir4586]

Around the world they get paid for the nothing they do, kudos to them.

[@ceeberjeeber]

@meir4586 Fool

[@cbarry88]

@@meir4586 Zunt

[@IntenseHistory]

They kind of lost at Jadotville.

[@donna9374]

Godbless these Irish troops.❤

[@EggRollNinjutsu]

🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@chinysukainepyobytt4506]

Amen 🙏🏾 🇮🇪🙏🏾

[@מקסטירקילטאוב]

надо домой,комо вы здесь нужны.

[@MrBagpipes]

Proud of my compatriots. 🇮🇪

[@poordad_2richbynature517]

Respect and salute to all UN Irishman from Malaysian

[@danielbb8570]

I hope Irish peacekeepers keep safe

[@inquisitorsteele8397]

As long as they're still in Lebanon and thier government still opposed Israel they're not safe. UN have failure to hold Israel military accountable when they're killed blatantly peacekeepers before I doubt that they would be able to prevent anything if IDF decided to strike again.

[@whiteknob7944]

Not anymore. They fight for Palestine.

[@chikipu225]

@@whiteknob7944Palestinians are fighting for freedom from occupation.

[@irishheritage893]

@@chikipu225 Jewish settlers bought land from Turkish and Arab landowners starting in the 1880s. They forced small landowners to sell them their land at cheaper prices and they could sell larger parcels of land to the Jews. They then decamped to the Riviera of the Levant, Lebanon and the Paris of the Middle East, Beirut. Judea and Samaria was supposed to be given to the Jews but the Jordanians appropriated it. Overnight Arabs changed from Arabs to Jordanians and Yasser Arafat and the PLO in 1964 told them they were now Palestinians. Egypt administered Gaza where half the population were Egyptians and the other half Bedouin from Saudi Arabia. They lost it in 1967. As part of the peace between Israel and Egypt, Israel offered it back to Egypt but the Egyptians did not want it. Hamas ruled Gaza since 2007 with brutality and cruelty. They forced Palestinian Authorities to walk down the main streets of Gaza in their underwear, killed some of them. Others escaped to Judea and Samaria. Go and read a history book.

[@TaraConnor-p5i]

So proud to be from Ireland

[@simplyphil.photography164]

The Irish as UN troops have been in Lebanon before; a number of years prior to this recent action and they did wonderful work for the people.

[@user-ze8yy8jg1f]

We have been in Lebanon for 40 years 580 Irish are deployed now will have a increase of 300. Over 40 thousand Irish have served in the Lebanon

[@NicksonDing]

They're there training terrorist and funding terrorists why there's no peace in the middle east then??

[@irishheritage893]

And were murdered by local people as well. Remember Seán Mooney, another colleague was serious injured and 2 with less serious injuries.

[@connortilson7141]

Such dedication from a Neutral Country. Huge Respect ✊💚

[@Matt67012]

“Neutral” lmao good one

[@peabase]

Neutral as in non-committal. If Ireland was capable of defending itself, it would be another matter.

[@darnellbiggumsthe9th658]

@@Matt67012well we are a MILITARILY neutral country and will continue to be one.

[@solowingpixy8190]

@@Matt67012 whats your definition of neutral?

[@MrBagpipes]

​@@peabasethe overwhelming majority of us Irish are very committed to our neutrality. In fact, we're proud of it.

[@lmor4203]

And now the IDF has fired at the Irish peacekeepers.

[@EIREriddick13]

🐑🙃🐑🙃

[@lmor4203]

@@EIREriddick13 West Brit.

[@noeleen-58]

Irish Soldiers standing up to evil stay safe god be with them 😦💚

[@Martini923]

Swedish and others are in Lebanon serving with UN there

[@user-ze8yy8jg1f]

This is the Irish base. We work with mostly polish Swedish and some danes. The fins would be close to us we both have lost a good few soldiers to radicals and isrealis We have the longest and largest deployment soon to be reinforced with another battalion over 40 thousand Irish have done a tour here

[@adamharris1406]

Irish peacekeepers are proud peacekeepers

[@MrOptimusheath]

A powerful man with powerful weapons, that acts peaceful is a good role model to others. is THAT what a peacekeeper is?

[@BhimaVT]

What exactly does a peacekeeper do?

[@Hhardy725]

Being a sandwich

[@antunmcmagnais8856]

Nothing essentially. The Irish contigent are pretty adept at moving whiskey across the border though. 😂

[@MrOptimusheath]

they practice the art of peace

[@thetruthwillsetyoufree2023]

perform clowns 🤡🤡🤡

[@Mrjffjjfhfucuc]

Nothing, whether they exist or not, doesn't make any difference. But the UN need them for namesake otherwise who will fund

[@michaelspampanato]

just like they did in Africa and any other country they go to

[@mambaman9363]

50 years ago I was in Kinneret on a work related visit. I stayed in the town and listened to shell firing up near the Lebanese border every night. I met some Canadian UN peacekeepers who were there to keep the peace. It looks like token UN presence doing sweet Fanny adams for 50 years.

[@robertpirsig5011]

Dumb take. They're there as observers and to de-escalate by putting themselves in harms way because both sides would rather have the moral impetus. If they are fired on they of course can defend themselves

[@MaingzMamaGroup]

They must get out

[@GerLeahy]

Soldiering isn't always about storming over the battlements. All nations are looking on in this conflict. At least they are there on the ground providing assistance and recording what is happening.

[@truthseeker8584]

❤❤thank you for protecting our Catholic brothers and sisters my people 🙏🏻 my love thank you Ireland 🇮🇪

[@nickymaaravi6025]

"from both sides" not a single word about Hizbollah violating UN resolution 1701, Sky News never fail to disappoint, journalism at its worst

[@Gurkha73able]

The Israelis don't even follow the UN

[@cobaltbomba4310]

Israel is violating whole UN & Amnesty international by occupying other people's land!

[@hyperbeast134]

Hahahahha So your saying its not both sides?

[@olivejames3623]

​@@hyperbeast134The Israeli didn't wake up one morning and decided to start firing into Lebanon. By the way Lebanon was a beautiful peaceful civilised country until they allowed millions of Palestinians. Now look at what has happened.

[@baruasafi5880]

UN resolutions my foot.

[@danielc29898]

Failed to mention 100k israeli civilians were also evacuated

[@annhennessy178]

Yes this is shy news same as BBC biased reporting and our government Irish that is spending millions off euros for a complete waste off taxpayers money get out and come back to Ireland and get on the streets off our cities and keep the peace

[@stephenseymour551]

As per usual one sided news.

[@Waitingformodernmessiah]

but at the time when Israel is attacked there is no action there are no UN peace keepers, because maybe Hezbollah is a terrorist and the UN will be perish

[@bambukoinnovations]

There are no 'israeli civilians'. An internationally-recognized illegal Apartheid Occupation ruled by cowardly fascists war criminals of the Zionist Colonial Project is illegitimate therefore any person occupier is a complicit war criminal.

[@RoseBitagon]

Agreed! The media is the biggest joke of the century! 😂

[@Bleyluige]

these Irish soldiers have balls the size of the moon.

[@anismehikic3477]

I know Irish troops will do everyting possible but they need political support.

[@mac7040]

Well if these irish guys live up to the standards of the irish who served in Jadotville the local trouble makers had better be careful 😅

[@orenkassner2510]

They actually do nothing and hizbula is freely roaming the border, they have left their stations

[@bigbird6039]

Well they can’t really do anything can they. They can defend themselves, but are powerless aside from monitoring. Remember Sebrenica , a UN designated safe area.

[@lowell418]

They won't. They side with Hezbollah.

[@peabase]

@@bigbird6039 There's a world of difference between these Irish and the Dutch in Srebrenica. The Irish are among the most respected UN contigents, together with the Canadians and the Nordics. The Dutch sent conscripts to Srebrenica, with the known results. Not that their commander was any better.

[@retrohaggis7969]

@@peabase Respected by whom? we brits certainly don't. The military of Cyprus is more respected within military circles.

[@72mossy]

My father was a peacekeeper in the Congo

[@Jeffbambam]

Un peacekeeping makes no since ! Why put good people in harms way ?

[@ralphgreenjr.2466]

Wow, they are in a really untenable position.

[@younesshatat8758]

God protect the irish troops 🇮🇪 God protect Palestine 🇵🇸 God protect lebanon 🇱🇧 🇱🇧🇵🇸🇮🇪❤️

[@iamallok9101]

UN is there to keep Hezbollah away from Israel…. With no success

[@andrewcruz7595]

Amen 🙏

[@EIREriddick13]

🐑

[@Peached9]

@@EIREriddick13 Brit

[@sammrsldhs]

Peacekeepers cant enforce peace. So what exactly they do? 😂😂😂

[@thetruthwillsetyoufree2023]

they are clowns 🤡🤡🤡

[@astroo1991]

They collaborate with Hezbollah

[@FluffyAmyNL]

observe & Report

[@79johnnykage]

There’s peace keeping and peace enforcement Lebanon is peace keeping basically means that the UN soldiers have zero powers. When I was in Africa peace enforcing with different countries the Ghanaian UN soldiers would enforce the peace by whipping the locals with sticks as there rifles are slung behind there Backs😅 hope I gave u a little help to understand the difference between peace keeping and peace enforcement.

[@StiofanGaillimh]

Monitor assist and support, as was mentioned.

[@danielset245]

UN 1701 resolution: DMZ behind the litani river. Reality: Hezbollah near the border of Israel. Failure of UN.

[@retroarcade3342]

Land grabbers protected by the IDF ... failure of the UN

[@NewsBroadcasting]

The Lebanese have the right to defend themselves.

[@user-ze8yy8jg1f]

They asked us to be there

[@peabase]

Lebanon and the Hezbollah -- a state within a state -- are two different things.

[@brendabrinkmanpasichnyk3500]

They fired first

[@NewsBroadcasting]

@@peabase Israel has been harming Lebanon before Hezbollah. Dont change the narrative.

[@NewsBroadcasting]

yes defense.

[@minoriza]

❤ the Irish though

[@boejiden.11]

Since when are they there ?

[@veronicadredd22]

1978 as part of Unifil. but they are also on the Golan Heights

[@Joseph13163]

They are there continuosly since 1978

[@FreakishlyTrue]

Irish people on right side of History. Big respect to them and their sacrifices.

[@retrohaggis7969]

keep peace? ive never heard of them shooting down rockers or terrorists coming out of Lebanon?

[@eleanorcoughlan5543]

Not their job.

[@CivicMikey]

@@eleanorcoughlan5543so what is their job?

[@user-ze8yy8jg1f]

@@CivicMikeyresponding to isreali attacks Helping injured civilians Deploying aid to different parts of the Lebanon And mainly protecting the blue line from isreal

[@aharongoldstein149]

@@user-ze8yy8jg1f ah so in other words, Hezbollah attacks first without provocation when Israel is embroiled in a conflict in its south, then the UN force is there to "keep the peace" when the Israelis fire back once multiple Israelis are killed and tens of thousands flee from the northern border area as refugees. yah got it.

[@user-ze8yy8jg1f]

@@aharongoldstein149 no We are invited by the lebonese government and take part in the lebonese peace initiative. Created after Isreal invaded to patrol the blue line I don’t care what r”g head bombs your country it’s not our job to care we aren’t deployed to Isreal we are their for Lebanese

[@OscarLagerstrom]

What a joke, I hope they don't die in vain. Imagine giving your life for the United Nothing! Iran is now leading the UN human rights council. Iran. Human rights. 😢

[@veronicadredd22]

48 Irish soldiers have died on that mission since the late 70s, the highest of any UNIFIL contributing country,

[@zeljkodebeljko8767]

Iran and Qatar are accused of human trafficking and modern day slavery , one million people trapped foreign workers in Qatar cannot leave because Qatar employers are withholding their passports . Leaders of "Human rights" ?😮

[@simonscowled9925]

Scary place to be with war possibility at any time

[@retrohaggis7969]

pretty pointless presence, lives at risk for nothing

[@Yussuf-y2l]

What are they keeping?😅

[@MrOptimusheath]

Human to Human , lol how does someone go to somewhere thats getting bombed to see someone, then it gets bombed and they run away. what sort of life is that. respect thats steel

[@Mike-iq5sr]

The UNIFIL doesnt have any heavy weapons at all.

[@ragesmirk]

UN IS USELESS ✖️

[@jeremythomas4147]

THEIR EYES KNEW THE TUNNEL IN LIBANON.

[@Michael-os1zd]

Sickening coverage - the question is why were rockets flying in from Lebanon. Why is the coverage focused on Arabs leaving the area when thousands of Jews have also left the North of Israel BIAS

[@EIREriddick13]

👍🏻

[@Bleyluige]

question is what about Gaza's genocide? This is the root of all this mess.

[@boxingbrenno]

Get them outta there how many of them are there even? An inadequate amount.

[@RyanZ55]

stay safe from Israeli air strikes

[@shadowboxer3583]

Be better not to wear peace keeper outfits. IDF love to target press, doctors and peacekeepers

[@BBBrasil]

0:11 try to keep the peace. How?!?! What do they do besides earning easy money from taxpayers?

[@varadharajannadarajah]

Peace keepers or Hezbollah keepers??

[@Jsc8zaq]

They are basically medics

[@veronicadredd22]

Hezbollah only killed an Irish soldier earlier this year so yeah not exactly their keepers when a total of 48 Irish troops have been killed over the years 15 by the actions of Israel and her proxies.

[@peabase]

Both the Hezbollah and the IDF accuse the UN of being partial. I guess it's OK then.

[@johnashton4776]

Irish soldiers what would happen if northern Ireland and Republican irish had to work together 🤔.

[@user-ze8yy8jg1f]

Nothing Northern Ireland is less than 30 percent of this country. It would stay the same just with more soldiers

[@user-ic7mv6bj4w]

God bless the Irish. Brave.

[@worldtoptorus3618]

So UN troops in lebanon to help hesbollah?

[@Irishrover101]

I was on the border of both country's its a airy place with all there satellite stuff on the hills on the border to Lebanon

[@user-ze8yy8jg1f]

🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@Apostlejoelmiraclesaved]

What peace hv they kept

[@0skim0]

Theres only one side attacking the peace keepers

[@paulnicholson1168]

The UN encouraged Hamas

[@FontaineDerby]

"Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas … This is part of our strategy - to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” March 2019, Netanyahu told his Likud colleagues the above. Likud Party: Original Party Platform (1977) a. The right of the Jewish people to the land of Israel is eternal and indisputable and is linked with the right to security and peace; therefore, Judea and Samaria will not be handed to any foreign administration; BETWEEN THE SEA AND THE JORDAN THERE WILL ONLY ISRAELI SOVEREIGNTY b. A plan which relinquishes parts of western Eretz Israel, undermines our right to the country, unavoidably leads to the establishment of a "Palestinian State," jeopardizes the security of the Jewish population, endangers the existence of the State of Israel. and frustrates any prospect of peace Brig. Gen. Yitzhak Segev, who was the Israeli military governor in Gaza in the early 1980s. Segev later told a New York Times reporter that he had helped finance the Palestinian Islamist movement as a “counterweight” to the secularists and leftists of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Fatah party, led by Yasser Arafat (who himself referred to Hamas as “a creature of Israel.”) “The Israeli government gave me a budget,” the retired brigadier general confessed, “and the military government gives to the mosques.” “Hamas, to my great regret, is Israel’s creation,” Avner Cohen, a former Israeli religious affairs official who worked in Gaza for more than two decades, told the Wall Street Journal in 2009. Back in the mid-1980s, Cohen even wrote an official report to his superiors warning them not to play divide-and-rule in the Occupied Territories, by backing Palestinian Islamists against Palestinian secularists. “I … suggest focusing our efforts on finding ways to break up this monster before this reality jumps in our face,” he wrote. Sources: Hansard Israel/Gaza Volume 833: debated on Tuesday 24 October 2023 For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces - The premier’s policy of treating the terror group as a partner, at the expense of Abbas and Palestinian statehood, has resulted in wounds that will take Israel years to heal from By TAL SCHNEIDER Times of Israel 8 October 2023, 3:58 pm Netanyahu: Money to Hamas part of strategy to keep Palestinians divided Jerusalem Post 12 March 2019 Also: The Guardian 20 Oct 2023

[@peabase]

How?

[@buddymacbuddington]

In your sick mind maybe

[@VladGur]

What about UN resolutions 1701 ? Forgotten ? What about evacuated Israeli citizens ? What about killed Israel civilians?

[@zeljkodebeljko8767]

Exactly .

[@SapphiR3_]

"Peacekeeping" 😂😂😂

[@Irishrover101]

They get paid about 100 more than the dole. I know they get a pension in the end but is your life worth so little by being in the way of both sides

[@buddymacbuddington]

They are definitely not paid enough

[@mathewt4141]

From 12 months Lebanon is firing rockets to Israel ... What is the work of UN in Lebanon Border ..... Simply Closed eye and watching the war... wasting the Tax amount..

[@mahmudulhasan3353]

Chess move , difference is one has multiple queen other dont.

[@minoriza]

As usual, Sky News won't tell the news

[@EIREriddick13]

We need to be looking after our own country not protecting Hezbollah. ROI is now as weak as the UK. 😔

[@jeremythomas4147]

Sathelite can do spionase, why should from border.

[@shayson1357]

get these boys out of there, they don't need to die in stupid wars that have nothing to do with their country, they have families waiting for them.

[@RazorMouth]

Yawn 🥱

[@stephenwoods6139]

Pull them out and use the UN budget somewhere else where it will make a difference.

[@WjfhdhShshshsh]

There hasn't been a new mission in 15 years

[@Bleyluige]

They are they to report to the UN. Otherwise, terrorist IDF will act with impunity.

[@Conn30Mtenor]

Did they allow Hezbollah to build bunkers and tunnels in their sector, too?

[@AnthonyBrown12324]

Why have peace keeping forces in a War Zone ? It's an oxymoron .

[@Slanche1974]

Used to be a lovely Christian country Lebanon until.the Muslims occupied it

[@tragicevans4157]

Lots of ethnic religions before islam came.

[@threeone117]

racist. feel sorry for your heart full of hate

[@Slanche1974]

Not racist, I neither like or dislike Muslims..My heart is good, but unfortunately people don't like the truth, have a wonderful weekend

[@dinsharon9158]

islam=killing,death,war

[@ScragNath]

As was Iran.

[@CEYLLON-h5m]

All that 3rd class Robbers becoming 1st class Racist in the world 😢💔💔💔

[@DavidArulnathan]

.UNIFIL is a toothless tiger & should withdraw from Lebanon !! If they are keeping peace, why is there war? Reply

[@milohenry1233]

I did not no Ireland had an army lol

[@karl_thwub]

I bet yer Mom knew 😄

[@RazorMouth]

We don't. We have a defence force. Mainly UN forces.

[@Hghhhs]

⁠@@RazorMoutha defence force comprised of the Irish army, navy and air corps. We do have an army.

[@Nix-i6w]

❤ The Israeli government held accountable and responsibility for the welfare of it's people including the Gaza civilian ❤ not , never. , never to the terrorists Hamas group ❤

[@מקסטירקילטאוב]

нам не надо ирландских солдат в ливане.

[@norhan_ha]

Zombie cranberries 😭

[@baze30]

UN-involved

[@JordanTepo-j6w]

UN should leave Lebanon, why UN defence Hezbola terrorist group??

[@freegaza7452]

Long live The republic of Ireland sein feinn 🇮🇪 ❤PAKISTAN 🇵🇰 Free palestine Free Northern Ireland Free kashmir Free all the oppressed

[@malkyleah8802]

God safe us from terrorism

[@hanimohammed6345]

UN peacemakers loool

[@TheSnedmeister]

Gotta problem?

[@hanimohammed6345]

@@TheSnedmeister yeah I got a problem it’s all lies

[@user-ze8yy8jg1f]

@@hanimohammed6345these same peacekeepers come from a country doing more for Palestinian civilians than any cowardly Arab neighbours

[@nathelondon3719]

No need to worry then. The Irish will keep the peace! How are they doing in Ukraine? Sudan? Yemen? Syria? Ruwanda?

[@user-ze8yy8jg1f]

Irish aren’t in any of those countries We come to countries we are asked to come to

[@veronicadredd22]

@@user-ze8yy8jg1f They are on the Golan heights since 2013 when the Austrians got scared and ran home, they rescued Fillipino soldiers from the Al Nusra Front

[@user-ze8yy8jg1f]

@@veronicadredd22 our mission in the golan Heights is part of the Lebanese peace initiative. We aren’t in Syria for the conflict in Syria we are their to stop Syrian groups harming Lebanese. We were not invited by the Syrian government it’s a buffer we put in place

[@athena2755]

Where's Ruwanda?

[@norhan_ha]

😭

[@jaywalker3087]

Watch Your Six Guys.....

[@Icu-h6g]

❤

[@YorkGod1]

the UN couldnt prevent a brawl at an OAPs tea party never mind a war!!!

[@gerrymcentee981]

Sad but true ,its the politicans who make the rules and the troops who pay the price.

[@arturaker]

The peace keepers are a waste of money, they had only one job, keep the terrorist away from southern Lebanon and they 100% failed.

[@EggRollNinjutsu]

Wow using Ireland for promo just like in ww2.

[@rebekahmcfatridge6691]

Militant groups no terrorist

[@larjoseph]

Good for nothing

[@melrose762riser]

Sadly, the peacekeeping force seems to have no control over what Hezbollah chooses to do in Lebanon. It has to be Hezbollah, or their supporters who killed this soldier. It was a mob. What kind of mistake? Who else lives there and who could they possibly have thought were in those vehicles. Hezbollah does not want the UN there. The Irishman was a brave young soldier.

[@MickMcCool]

What are the Irish doing in the middle east when they have already taken a stance against Israel politically.

[@danny148mb]

They have been in the Lebanon for 30 years

[@MickMcCool]

And still it goes on,, not to mention the Congo in the 60s. So many countries representing the un peacekeepers. Yet the waring factions are still plodding on regardless. Ongoing conflicts are a boon for the armerments industries.

[@Mike-iq5sr]

All European countries should left the UN.

[@1234gibso]

Well there mission has failed then what a joke eh waste of time wow there watching it that will stop them

[@johnpurcell7525]

Monitoring that it What use is Monitoring Did they Moniter the tunnels Rocket Launch sites built under their noses

[@BIBIWCICC]

Why is Israel attacking these peacekeeping forces?

[@tellneva9859]

I think its because they are not really keeping any peace there. Peace keepers should have stopped Hezbollah from firing rockets into Israel since October 8th

[@dronemonkey2038]

Keep them safe by getting them out of Harm’s Way.

[@ozankalkanod4913]

Irish peacekeepers : Independent and real peacekeepers who do not obey the orders of usa and israel.

[@junagapay1119]

Peace keeper, what peace😂😅😂😅 a JOKE

[@realeyes2458]

Where are the Ukraine supporters voicing their outcry for Palestine?

[@WjfhdhShshshsh]

Ireland supports Ukraine and Palestinians