Israel's latest attack on United Nations peacekeeping forces in Lebanon appears to have crossed a line for European countries — even those traditionally supportive of its wars in Gaza and Lebanon.
After hours of negotiations, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell got all of the bloc's 27 countries to sign up to a joint statement late on Sunday condemning Israel's attacks against U.N. missions after 15 U.N. personnel were injured during the Israel Defense Forces’ forced entry into their Lebanese base.
The EU "expresses particularly grave concern regarding the attacks by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) against the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which left several peacekeepers wounded," the statement said. "These attacks must stop immediately."