UN peacekeeping mission site in Lebanon hit by rocket shell amid tensions on border with Israel
No casualties reported, according to spokesman for United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon
LEBANON
The United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Sunday that a rocket shell had fallen on its site in southern Lebanon, with no casualties reported.
UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti said in a brief statement that a rocket shell fell on a site of the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, without providing further details.
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati made a call to the UNIFIL Commander-in-Chief Gen. Aroldo Lazaro, inquiring about the circumstances of a missile landing at the location of UN forces in Naqoura.
According to a statement issued by Mikati’s office, he stressed “full solidarity with UNIFIL.”
Over the last week, tension escalated as the Lebanon-Israel border witnessed mutual bombings and exchange of fire between the Israeli army and Hezbollah, causing deaths and injuries on both sides of the border.
Earlier this week, a Lebanese journalist working for Reuters was killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombing on Lebanon near the border.
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