A UN peacekeeper walks close to Camp Shamrock the place Irish and Polish peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Drive in Lebanon (UNIFIL) are stationed close to Maroun al-Ras village near the Lebanese-Israeli border, in southern Lebanon. (Picture: Reuters)
An Israeli military spokesperson denied studies of Israeli forces placing autos belonging to the UN peacekeeping mission.
An Israeli strike on Saturday hit a automobile carrying United Nations technical observers outdoors the southern Lebanese border city of Rmeish, wounding a number of observers, two safety sources instructed Reuters.
The Israeli navy’s spokesman Avichay Adraee denied that Israeli forces hit a automobile belonging to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL.
There was no rapid remark from UNIFIL or from the U.N. technical observer mission UNTSO.
One of many safety sources stated the automotive carried three U.N. technical observers and one Lebanese translator. That supply, and a second safety supply, stated that the Israeli strike had left a number of of these within the automotive wounded.
Israel has been buying and selling hearth with the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon for practically six months in parallel with the Gaza Struggle.
Israel’s shelling of Lebanon has killed practically 270 Hezbollah fighters, however has additionally killed round 50 civilians – together with kids, medics and journalists – and hit each UNIFIL and the Lebanese military.
In November, UNIFIL stated one among its patrols was hit by Israeli gunfire in southern Lebanon, with out leaving casualties.
UNIFIL final month stated that the Israeli navy violated worldwide legislation by firing on a bunch of clearly identifiable journalists, killing a Reuters journalist.
