BEIRUT, Lebanon: The United Nations force in Lebanon said a blast at one of its positions wounded three peacekeepers on Friday, the third such incident in a week, as more Israeli strikes hit south Beirut.
“This afternoon, an explosion inside a UN position... injured three peacekeepers, two seriously. They are all currently being evacuated to hospital. We do not yet know the origin of the explosion,” UNIFIL spokesperson Kandice Ardiel said.
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon is deployed in the country´s south near the border, where Israel and Hezbollah have been at war for a month and where Israeli troops are carrying out a ground invasion.
