United Nations peacekeepers can continue to do their "extremely important" job despite being fired at in two incidents in 24 hours in Lebanon, according to Vanessa Newby, assistant professor at Leiden University's Institute for Security & Global Affairs.
United States President Joe Biden has said he is "absolutely, positively" urging Israel to stop firing at UN peacekeepers during its conflict with Hezbollah.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its troops were responsible for the incident, in which two Sri Lankan soldiers for the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were injured.
IDF soldiers operating around the UNIFIL base in Naqoura identified a threat and opened fire, the Israeli army said, adding the incident would be investigated "at the highest levels".
On Thursday, two Indonesian UNIFIL soldiers were injured falling from an observation tower after an Israeli tank fired towards it.
France, Italy and Spain led the condemnation of Israel's actions and Newby explained she believed the 10,000 peacekeepers from 50 different nations will keep the UN flag flying in Lebanon.
"I would say yes, because this isn't the first time that UNIFIL have been caught in the crosshairs of an Israeli incursion," she told CGTN.
"So we've seen this in 1982 but also to other Israeli incursions in 1993 and 1996, both of which were a week long, also with the stated aim of removing Hezbollah from the south of Lebanon, and then again in 2006.
"So I would say it's very likely they will remain in place because it's extremely important for the UN to have a monitoring and an international spotlight, if you will, shown onto the conflict."
UNIFIL members monitor the Lebanese-Israeli border. /Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters
Newby insisted Israel had broken international law but may not expect to face severe consequences.
She added: "I'm not a legal specialist but of course they have. They have broken the conditions of Resolution 1701.This is not a new occurrence. And I'm not sure there will be any major consequences, except to accept the condemnation from the UN.
"That could be the UN Security Council. It could also be the UN General Assembly. But one risk, of course, is that troop contributing countries, of which you said there are many, may start to get nervous and want to withdraw their troops.
"If they do, that does weaken UNIFIL's ability to perform its albeit limited duties currently."
UNIFIL vehicles in Marjayoun, near the border, in southern Lebanon. /Karamallah Daher/Reuters
The question remains as to how the wider conflict between Israel and Hamas and Hezbollah in the Middle-East will be resolved, or whether it will spread in the region.
"A lot of us are wondering that at the moment," Newby said. "As you will know, they've stated recently that around 15,000 troops are in the area, the incursion appears to be going deeper.
"The stated aim is that Israeli citizens will be able to live in peace in northern Israel.
"But given the destruction of the area along the blue line, it's quite difficult to see how these kind of military operations help build peace, trust, confidence between nations."
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