Israeli forces again target UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon
Al Jazeera
The attack on a UNIFIL base in Naqoura comes a day after two Indonesian peacekeepers were injured.
The Israeli military has fired at a watchtower used by UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, in the second such incident in as many days.
On Friday, Lebanon’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the attacks were on “watchtowers and the main UNIFIL base in Ras Naqura, and on the Sri Lankan battalion’s base, which led to a number of wounded”.
Lebanon’s official National News Agency reported that artillery shelling from an Israeli Merkava tank wounded members of the Sri Lankan battalion, without specifying their exact location.
Speaking at a news conference in Beirut, Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Israel’s actions were a “denounced crime”. He added that he had discussed efforts to reach a ceasefire in Lebanon with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday said it was “very clear that this incident is intolerable and cannot be repeated”.
