The United Nations Interim Pressure in Lebanon has accused the Israeli navy of attacking a peacekeeping patrol on Saturday, throughout a short lived truce between Israel and Hamas.
The incident reportedly occurred at round noon, close to the Lebanese village of Aytaroun, on the border with Israel and 125 kilometers from the Lebanese capital, Beirut. In line with UNIFIL, it was “throughout a interval of relative calm alongside the Blue Line.”
“In the present day at round 12 pm, a UNIFIL patrol was hit by IDF gunfire within the neighborhood of Aytaroun, in southern Lebanon,” the UN peacekeepers mentioned in a press release on their X (previously Twitter) web page, including that no peacekeepers had been injured, however the shelling triggered harm to their automobile.
In the present day at round 12 pm, a UNIFIL patrol was hit by IDF gunfire within the neighborhood of Aytaroun, in southern Lebanon. No peacekeepers had been injured, however the automobile was broken. This incident occurred throughout a interval of relative calm alongside the Blue Line.
— UNIFIL (@UNIFIL_) November 25, 2023
Because the begin of the Israel-Hamas conflict in October, the Israel-Lebanon border has seen frequent exchanges of fireplace, primarily between the IDF and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. In line with AFP information company, the cross-border hearth has killed 109 individuals in Lebanon, together with 77 Hezbollah fighters and 14 civilians, three of whom had been journalists.
Final month UNIFIL, which was created by the UN Safety Council in 1978 to look at Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon, mentioned that considered one of its members was injured in an artillery strike on the mission’s base close to the village of Houla on the Lebanese-Israeli border.
Following the announcement of the four-day Gaza truce on Friday, Hezbollah mentioned it could adhere to the phrases of the ceasefire if Israel did, in response to a Hezbollah supply cited by Al Jazeera.
The UN peacekeeping mission strongly condemned Saturday’s assault, calling it “deeply troubling” and urging all sides within the battle to “safeguard peacekeepers.” UNIFIL warned on Friday that additional escalation in southern Lebanon may end in “devastating penalties,” and urged all sides to “halt this cycle of violence.”
Israel has not but commented on the incident. Beforehand, the IDF acknowledged that it was putting targets belonging to Hezbollah in response to rockets fired into northern Israel.
