In Lebanon, more than 2,000 dead and 800,000 forced…

In Lebanon, more than 2,000 people have died and 800,000 have been forced to flee in recent weeks as shelling continues, the Spokesperson for the United Nations Interim Mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) says. Briefing reporters in New York from Beirut, Andrea Tenenti points out that statistics cannot convey the human toll of the conflict. Peacekeepers have been targeted by attacks from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), and actions by the IDF and Hezbollah put the blue helmets in danger, he adds.