US EditionItalian Peacekeepers Replace Crucifix Desecrated in South Lebanon
Italian peacekeepers donated a new Jesus statue after the IDF soldier who destroyed the original received 30 days of military detention, officials said.
- On Thursday, Italian UNIFIL troops replaced a statue of Jesus destroyed by an Israeli soldier in a southern Lebanese village, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said.
- The IDF sentenced the soldier who destroyed the statue and the accomplice who photographed the act to 30 days in detention, removing both from combat duty.
- Commanded by Brigadier General Sagiv Dahan, the IDF's 162nd Division investigated the vandalism and determined, "The inquiry determined that the soldiers' conduct completely deviated from IDF orders and values."
- While residents rejected a replacement statue provided by the IDF, Tajani praised the Italian UNIFIL contribution, calling the vandalism "intolerable offences that violate religious freedom and the values on which civil coexistence is founded."
- UNIFIL operates in southern Lebanon to monitor the Blue Line ceasefire with Israel, maintaining a mandate to support the Lebanese Armed Forces amid ongoing regional security tensions.
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Questions swirl after IDF claims to have replaced crucifix its soldier destroyed
The Israel Defense Forces may have more explaining to do after one of its soldiers destroyed a crucifix with a sledgehammer in Debel, Lebanon, as more than half a dozen others looked on. While the IDF tried to resolve the incident with a series of social media posts, more details have emerged in the aftermath of this story, raising more questions about the IDF's account.'Are they playing us?'Following the incident, the IDF announced that both th…
The people of Debel, in southern Lebanon, already have the statue of Jesus Christ in their Church, after a few days ago an Israeli soldier destroyed it. “It has been a group of Italian soldiers who are part of the contingent of UNIFIL, the temporary army to maintain peace in the region. In the video, which is circulating on social networks, we see how the soldiers carry the Christ to the church of the people of Debel, a Catholic Maronite Christi…
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