Former peacekeeper says UNIFIL preventing Israel from inflicting 'immense destruction'

A former peacekeeper says Israel wants UNIFIL out of the picture so they can inflict immense and disproportionate destruction on southern Lebanon. John Durnin, who was deputy chief liaison officer at UNIFIL and undertook five tours with the peacekeeping force, said Israel has what they call the "Dahiya doctrine", named after the destruction of the area at the end of the 2006 war. "The logic of this doctrine is to harm the civilian population so much that they will then turn against the militants, forcing the enemy to sue for peace," he tells Mark Austin on Sky News' The World programme. Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/israel-gaza-hezbollah-lebanon-un-iran-hamas-latest-sky-news-live-12978800 #skynews #israel #lebanon SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ For analysis of world events, tap here for The World With Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim: https://podfollow.com/the-world-with-richard-and-yalda Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales