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Israeli forces fired on positions used by UN peacekeepers in Lebanon on Wednesday and yesterday, the UN force said, as Israel warned Lebanese civilians not to return to homes in the south and pursued a widening offensive against Hizbollah.
The UNIFIL force said two of its peacekeepers were injured in one of the incidents when an Israeli tank fired at a watchtower at the force’s main headquarters in Ras Al Naqoura, hitting the tower and causing them to fall. There were no casualties in the other two incidents, a UN source said.
“Any deliberate attack on peacekeepers is a grave violation of international humanitarian law,” UNIFIL said in a statement, adding that it was following up with the Israeli military.
Hizbollah said it had fired a missile salvo at Israeli forces yesterday as they were trying to pull casualties out of the Ras Al Naqoura area, and they were directly hit.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.
But in New York, Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon said Israel was focused on fighting Hizbollah and recommends “UNIFIL relocate 5km north to avoid danger as fighting intensifies”.
A thick column of smoke could be seen rising from central Beirut after missiles were heard flying over the Lebanese capital yesterday, witnesses said. It was not immediately clear what was hit.
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