Two UN peacekeepers in Lebanon have been wounded by Israeli fire, the mission said on Thursday, as Israel’s military ground operations in the country continued.

In a statement, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) said two of its members were wounded after a Merkava tank fired towards an observation tower at Unifil headquarters in Naqoura, “directly hitting it and causing them to fall”.

“[Israeli] soldiers also fired on UN position (UNP) 1-31 in Labbouneh, hitting the entrance to the bunker where peacekeepers were sheltering, and damaging vehicles and a communications system,” said the peacekeeping mission.

“An IDF drone was observed flying inside the UN position up to the bunker entrance.”

Israeli attacks in Lebanon over the past month, including a bombing campaign and ground invasion, have killed over 1,200 people and displaced one million.

    • sorval_the_eeter@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      They were irish UN peacekeepers and Ireland is one of 4 countries in Europe that isnt part of NATO. What a strange coincidence that it’d be Irish peacekeepers who were shelled.

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        1 month ago

        Does that matter? They killed an American protestor. Israel killed hundreds of other humanitarians. Israel even killed their own citizens.

        It is all crazy.