2023-10-28 22:20:44
An officer of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was injured as a result of an Israeli bombing on the town of Houla, near the Al-Abad site in southern Lebanon.
The Lebanese National News Agency said that a member of the UNIFIL forces suffered “moderate” injuries in his abdomen and arm, as a result of two Israeli shells falling on (Position 8-33) in the town.
UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti said that “one of the peacekeepers was slightly injured” near the border village of Houla in southern Lebanon.
Tenenti told Agence France-Presse earlier on Saturday that a shell had fallen inside the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, and “its source is being verified,” noting that some damage had occurred, but no casualties.
A Lebanese military source told Agence France-Presse, requesting that his identity not be revealed, that “an Israeli missile penetrated the concrete wall” of the UNIFIL headquarters. The National Agency also reported that “the Israeli bombing led to a shell hitting the wall of the UNIFIL headquarters.”
A UNIFIL statement said on Saturday that the shell fell inside the headquarters at around three in the followingnoon (12:00 GMT), but it did not explode and was removed to verify its source.
The statement explained, “This is not the first time that a missile has hit our headquarters. The damage has also affected other sites belonging to us over the past three weeks,” adding, “This is a stark reminder of how fragile and tense the situation is” in the region currently.
Earlier, Israeli warplanes launched a raid on the outskirts of the town of Beit Lev – Al-Ghazzar neighborhood, and an Israeli drone raided the Al-Umrah locality – Sarda.
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