The Government has lodged a formal protest letter through the United Nations over the decision by the Israeli military to fire up to 30 rounds towards an Irish-Lebanese unit helping civilians in south Lebanon on Thursday.
The formal démarche correspondence, extracts of which have been seen by RTÉ News, states that what happened was “completely unacceptable in terms of the safety of peacekeepers” operating in the area.
It continues that “these concerns are held at the highest levels” of the Government and the Defence Forces, and must not be repeated.
A démarche is a formal letter of protest from the diplomatic wing of one country to another country, and is…