Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the Israeli Defence Forces did their best to avoid harming UNIFIL peacekeepers while striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.

Israel's attacks on UN peacekeepers have drawn international condemnation, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling the accusations that Israel deliberately attacked UNIFIL personnel "completely false.

PM accuses Hezbollah of using UNIFIL as 'human shields,' says repeated requests for international force to be moved away from terror group's strongholds have been refused