Reply #31: France: IAF stops 'hostile' mock attacks on UN troops in Lebanon [View All]

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BRUSSELS - Israel Air Force warplanes have stopped mock air attacks targeting European peacekeepers in Lebanon following a French government
protest, French Defense Minister Michelle Alliot-Marie said Monday

"There is no more of that attitude - that is, an openly hostile attitude -like we had over a French vessel, a German vessel and the French ground forces, which caused a real danger of legitimate defense measures being
taken," Alliot-Marie told reporters at an EU meeting.

Paris demanded that Israel stop the raids after French peacekeepers came
within seconds of shooting down IAF warplanes two weeks ago.

Alliot-Marie said IAF overflights of Lebanon were continuing in defiance of the United Nations, but said they were no longer taking a threatening
approach to the peacekeepers.

Haaretz