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Israel deliberately targeted UN Spanish soldiers after Shebaa Attack - report

05-04-2015 | 11:06

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A confidential Spanish military report over the death of a Spanish United Nations peacekeeper in Israeli bombardment in Lebanon said he was operating a post that seemed to have been targeted, a Spanish newspaper reported on Sunday.

El Pais newspaper cited extracts from the report which depicted testimonies from soldiers following the incident that took place in January 28 when the Israeli army shelled border regions following a Hezbollah attack that left two Israeli soldiers dead.

Corporal Ivan Lopez Sanchez, whose post was nearby, told investigators that the U.N. position was clearly targeted.

Spain and Israel have agreed to carry out a joint investigation into the death of 36-year-old corporal Javier Soria Toledo.

Another Spanish soldier, Sergeant Julio Xavier Garcia, echoed Sanchez, saying the shells originally fell about 500 meters north of the U.N. post and then they "corrected the trajectory towards the position."

A third soldier said fragmentation bombs were fired during the attack and that the shelling appeared to target the main watch tower.

El Pais quoted a U.N. report which stated that Israel had warned the U.N. peacekeepers at 11:40 am not to venture out, without providing any further explanation.

Between 11:48 am and 1:43 pm, about 120 artillery shells, 90 mortar grenades and five projectiles were launched in the region; the Spanish newspaper quoted the report as saying.

The 10,000 United Nations Interim Force Lebanon (UNIFIL) consists of around 600 Spanish soldiers and troops from 35 other countries.

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