United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres cautioned that assaults on peacekeepers "may constitute a war crime," following an incident in which Israeli tanks attacked a UN peacekeeping base in southern Lebanon,

This week's attack on UNIFIL peacekeepers is the latest crisis in the 46 years of the UN mission in southern Lebanon. DW looks into the UN force's background, its mandate and why it faces criticism.Two peacekeepers with the multinational United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the UN to get its peacekeepers out of Lebanon. CNN’s Nada Bashir reports.