Beirut:
UN peacekeepers in Lebanon warned on Friday that their blue helmets were in “very serious danger” after explosions near the border with Israel wounded two members of the mission, the second such incident in two days.
On Friday, the Israeli military announced that it had opened fire on a threat near a UN peacekeeping mission.
Israel and Hezbollah clashed in southern Lebanon last week, when Israel announced a “targeted” invasion of Lebanon against the Iranian-backed Lebanese group.
Friday’s incidents came after the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission said its positions had been “repeatedly attacked” and two Indonesian peacekeepers were wounded on Thursday, prompting a wave of international condemnation.
On Friday morning, “an explosion hit the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura for the second time in the last 48 hours. Two peacekeepers were injured in two explosions near an observation tower,” the peacekeeping mission said. According to a UNIFIL spokesperson, they are Sri Lankan nationals.
