The UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon said on Friday that one of its posts was once again attacked by the Israeli military.
Peacekeepers on duty at a permanent observation post in the southern Lebanese town of Dheira were watching on Tuesday as Israeli soldiers conducted house-clearing operations, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Friday.
“Upon realizing they were being observed, the [Israeli] soldiers fired at the post,” a UNIFIL statement said. “The duty guards withdrew to avoid being shot.”
On Wednesday, two medical teams who were in the village of Yarin to transfer a patient came under fire from unknown origin. One vehicle was immobilized and had to be left at the scene, UNIFIL said.
It added that in the evening that same day, a medical facility at a UNIFIL position in Beit Leif was hit by a shell or rocket of unknown origin, causing damage to buildings.
The peacekeeping mission said that two grenades or rockets “also of unknown origin” landed near a post in Kfar Shouba. There were no injuries in any of the incidents.
Despite the dramatic escalation and violence of the last few weeks between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group, the peacekeepers will continue to monitor the situation in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL said.
“We will continue to carry out our assigned monitoring tasks,” it said.
The Israeli military and all other actors are obliged to ensure the security of UN personnel and property, it added.
