President Joe Biden says he "absolutely, positively" wants Israel to stop firing at United Nations peacekeepers while targeting Hezbollah militia forces in southern Lebanon.

Despite Biden’s acrimonious views of Netanyahu, the American president has spent the last year acceding to every escalation of the conflict by Israel, which has seen an already horrific and disproportionate retribution on Gaza turn into a regional war, with an ongoing occupation of Lebanon and a rising cycle of tit-for-tat retaliation against Iran.

US President Joe Biden said he was "absolutely" asking Israel to stop firing at UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, after incidents in which four troops were injured. When asked by a reporter at the White House on Friday whether he would tell Israel to stop such acts,

The IDF said that the firing at a UNIFIL post took place on Friday as its forces were operating against an “immediate threat against them,” and blames Hezbollah.

U.S. President Joe Biden issued a firm appeal to Israel on Friday, advising against carrying out attacks on UN forces stationed in Lebanon. This was in response to recent shelling of UNIFIL peacekeeping mission positions.

The US President, Joe Biden, made a strong appeal on Friday to Israel, urging them not to carry out attacks on UN forces stationed in Lebanon. This came in response to the recent shelling of UNIFIL peacekeeping mission positions.