[Ha'aretz ] Yoav Stern and Shlomo Shamir - Soldiers of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were forced by local Lebanese residents to delete photos of suspicious-looking underground cables, according to a report submitted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. On May 28, UNIFIL peacekeepers were photographing buried cables when they were surrounded by local residents who hurled stones at them. The incident was brought to an end only after UNIFIL agreed to delete the photos.
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