IDF Wounds UN Peacekeepers In Lebanon
IDF says UN peacekeepers wounded after it fired at ‘immediate threat’ to troops in south Lebanon.
The Israel Defense Forces say that its forces fired at a threat near a UN peacekeeping mission position in southern Lebanon, and acknowledged that a “hit” was responsible for wounding two people, after an initial examination of the incident.
Israeli “soldiers operating in southern Lebanon identified an immediate threat against them. The soldiers responded with fire toward the threat. An initial examination indicates that during the incident, a hit was identified on a UNIFIL post, located approximately 50 meters (yards) from the source of the threat, resulting in the injury of two UNIFIL personnel,” the statement says.
It came after the UN mission said two of its peacekeepers were injured after explosions close to an observation tower at its Naqura headquarters.
It was the second incident of its kind reported by UNIFIL in two days after two other Blue Helmets were injured yesterday.
Hours before Friday’s incident, “the IDF instructed UNIFIL personnel to enter into protected spaces and remain there. This instruction was in place at the time of the incident,” the military adds.
The statement came shortly after the military said it was “conducting a thorough review” to determine details of attacks on UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, after the four mission members were injured.
"The IDF expresses deep concern over incidents of this kind and is currently conducting a thorough review at the highest levels of command to determine the details,” the military said.
Troops entered southern Lebanon to push Hezbollah terrorist forces away from the border where they have been firing missiles and rockets into Israel for more than a year, and to allow evacuated Israeli residents to safely return to their homes in northern Israel.
Source: The Times of Israel
The Israel Defense Forces say that its forces fired at a threat near a UN peacekeeping mission position in southern Lebanon, and acknowledged that a “hit” was responsible for wounding two people, after an initial examination of the incident.
Israeli “soldiers operating in southern Lebanon identified an immediate threat against them. The soldiers responded with fire toward the threat. An initial examination indicates that during the incident, a hit was identified on a UNIFIL post, located approximately 50 meters (yards) from the source of the threat, resulting in the injury of two UNIFIL personnel,” the statement says.
It came after the UN mission said two of its peacekeepers were injured after explosions close to an observation tower at its Naqura headquarters.
It was the second incident of its kind reported by UNIFIL in two days after two other Blue Helmets were injured yesterday.
Hours before Friday’s incident, “the IDF instructed UNIFIL personnel to enter into protected spaces and remain there. This instruction was in place at the time of the incident,” the military adds.
The statement came shortly after the military said it was “conducting a thorough review” to determine details of attacks on UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, after the four mission members were injured.
"The IDF expresses deep concern over incidents of this kind and is currently conducting a thorough review at the highest levels of command to determine the details,” the military said.
Troops entered southern Lebanon to push Hezbollah terrorist forces away from the border where they have been firing missiles and rockets into Israel for more than a year, and to allow evacuated Israeli residents to safely return to their homes in northern Israel.
Source: The Times of Israel
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