Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected accusations that Israeli troops had deliberately targeted UNIFIL peacekeepers in Lebanon as "completely false" and repeated a call for them to be withdrawn from combat zones.

Israel's attacks on UN peacekeepers have drawn international condemnation, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling the accusations that Israel deliberately attacked UNIFIL personnel "completely false.

The U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon said its peacekeepers in the south of the country were not going anywhere despite Israel Defense Forces firing on their positions and repeated demands they withdraw to the north.