The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said in a statement on October 10 that “recent escalation along the Blue Line is causing widespread destruction of towns and villages in south Lebanon.””This morning, two peacekeepers were injured after an IDF Merkava tank fired its weapon towards an observation tower at UNIFIL’s headquarters in Naqura, directly hitting it and causing them to fall,” the force said, using an acronym for the Israeli military.”The injuries are fortunately, this time, not serious, but they remain in the hospital,” it said, adding that “UNIFIL’s Naqura headquarters and nearby positions have been repeatedly hit.””In the past days, we have seen incursions from Israel into Lebanon in Naqoura and other areas. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers have clashed with Hizbullah elements on the ground in Lebanon,” it said in the statement.According to UNIFIL, the Israeli military also hit another position in Ras Naqura on Thursday.The peacekeeping force said it hit “the entrance to the bunker where peacekeepers were sheltering, and damaging vehicles and a communications system.””An IDF drone was observed flying inside the UN position up to the bunker entrance,” UNIFIL said.(With inputs from PTI and AFP)
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