The UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon said on Friday that one of its posts was again attacked by the Israeli army.
Peacekeepers on duty at a permanent observation post in the southern Lebanese town of Dheira watched on Tuesday as Israeli soldiers carried out house clearance operations, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Friday.
“When they realized they were being observed… [Israeli] soldiers fired at the post,” a UNIFIL statement said. “The guards on duty withdrew to avoid being shot.”
On Wednesday, two medical teams that were in the village of Yarin to transfer a patient of unknown origin came under fire. One vehicle was immobilized and had to be abandoned at the scene, UNIFIL said.
It added that in the evening of the same day, a medical facility at a UNIFIL position in Beit Leif was hit by a grenade or rocket of unknown origin, causing damage to buildings.
The peacekeeping mission said 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 in recent weeks between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group, peacekeepers will continue to monitor the situation in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL said.
“We will continue to carry out our assigned monitoring tasks,” the report said.
The Israeli military and all other actors are obliged to ensure the safety of UN personnel and property, it added.
