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Israel Hezbollah War Live: UN peacekeepers to remain in Lebanon, says spokesman

UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon will not move from the border area despite five of their members being wounded and damage to facilities during the Israel-Hezbollah war, their spokesperson said.

Andrea Tenenti, Spokesperson for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), also said that an Israeli escalation against Lebanese militants Hezbollah in past weeks risked turning into "a regional conflict with catastrophic impact for everyone," and that the only solution was "diplomatic."

Shortly after he spoke, UNIFIL said unknown gunfire a day earlier hit a peacekeeper, the fifth injured in south Lebanon in two days.

Tenenti said Israel asked UNIFIL to withdraw from positions "up to five kilometres (three miles) from the Blue Line" separating both countries, but the peacekeepers refused. That would have included its 29 positions in the country's south. "There was a unanimous decision to stay because it's important for the UN flag to still fly high in this region, and to be able to report to the Security Council," he told AFP in an exclusive interview.