United Nations "Israel's attack on peacekeepers is a war crime"

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres condemned Israel's continued military activities near the U.N. peacekeeping base in Lebanon as "could amount to war crimes."

U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement on the 13th local time that Guterres stressed that attacks on peacekeepers are a violation of international humanitarian law and could be a war crime.

In addition, he made it clear that he would continue his mission in southern Lebanon, saying, "The UN peacekeeping force will keep its current position and the UN flag will continue to fly."

The statement came after two Israeli Mercaba tanks smashed the main gate of a U.N. peacekeeping base in Lebanon and forced its way in.