ThreeNews can reveal the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked the Israeli Ambassador to come in today to hear in person New Zealand's alarm at Israel's targeting of UN peacekeepers.

The Israeli Prime Minister has labelled UN peacekeepers human shields for Hezbollah and urged the UN chief to evacuate them.

But Christopher Luxon has said the world is outraged, and New Zealand has joined many other nations in telling Israel it was a violation of international law and completely unacceptable. Senior Political correspondent Jenna Lynch reports. | Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2JPg8oB


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