BEIRUT, Lebanon: Israeli forces destroyed 17 surveillance cameras linked to the United Nations peacekeepers’ main headquarters in southern Lebanon in 24 hours, a UN security official told AFP on Saturday.
Since the start of the Israel-Hezbollah war on March 2, the UN force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been caught in the crossfire in the country’s south, with Hezbollah launching attacks on Israel and its troops, and Israeli forces pushing into border towns.
The official, who requested anonymity, said “17 of our headquarters’ cameras have been destroyed by the Israeli army” in the coastal town of Naqura.
On Thursday, UNIFIL spokeswoman Kandice Ardiel told AFP peacekeepers had seen “Israeli soldiers conducting demolitions of large parts” of Naqura since the start of the week.
“Not only have these demolitions destroyed civilian homes and businesses, but the strength of the blasts have caused damage to UNIFIL’s headquarters,” she added.
Three Indonesian peacekeepers from the UN force have been killed in two separate incidents over the past week.
