Reactions
UN spokesman Milos Strugar said of the attack: "UNIFIL left the convoy at that place, the Israeli forces had been told in advance of the convoy's passage, and had given it the green light".
Head of the Lebanese Red Cross's rescue teams, George Kettaneh, said the convoy had been "deliberately targeted" by the IDF.
Lebanese President Émile Lahoud condemned the IDF attack, saying: "the Israeli bombardment of the convoy despite an agreement negotiated by UNIFIL guaranteeing its safety".
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