Spain Blames Israel for Death of Peacekeeper on Lebanon Border

posted on: Jan 29, 2015

Spain’s ambassador to the United Nations is blaming Israel for the death of a Spanish UN peacekeeper during the Israeli military’s exchange of fire with the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group.

“It was because of this escalation of violence, and it came from the Israeli side,” Spanish Ambassador Roman Oyarzun Marchesi told reporters.

The UN peacekeeper has been identified as Cpl. Francisco Javier Soria Toledo, 36.

The Security Council condemned the peacekeeper’s death in the strongest terms and offered its deepest sympathies.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has launched an investigation into the death the peacekeeper who was evidently hit by Israeli artillery fire on the border with Lebanon.

A statement released by the mission on Wednesday said that the precise cause of his death is as yet undetermined.

Source: www.haaretz.com