UN spokesman says incident concerned a drone dropping a grenade close to a patrol, and a tank opening hearth on peacekeepers.
Revealed On 27 Oct 2025
The United Nations and France have condemned an Israeli attack that hit UN peacekeeping troops in southern Lebanon.
UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric stated on Monday that the day gone by’s assault on UNIFIL troops, which he stated concerned an Israeli drone dropping a grenade within the neighborhood of a patrol, in addition to a tank opening hearth on peacekeepers close to the border city of Kfar Kila, was “very, very harmful”.
Beneficial Tales
record of three objectsfinish of record
The United Nations Interim Drive in Lebanon (UNIFIL) works with the Lebanese military to implement a ceasefire struck final yr between Israel and the Lebanese armed groupd Hezbollah. Israel has violated the truce on a near-daily foundation.
France’s Ministry for Europe and International Affairs additionally condemned “the Israeli hearth that focused a UNIFIL detachment” and famous that the incidents adopted comparable assaults on October 1, 2 and 11.
Dujarric stated: “It’s not the primary time that we really feel we’ve been focused in several methods by the [Israeli army, including] pointing lasers or warning photographs. He stated his colleagues at UNIFIL had been in contact with the Israeli army to “protest vehemently” towards the assaults.
On Sunday, UNIFIL reported an Israeli drone flying over its patrol in an “aggressive method”, saying its peacekeepers “utilized mandatory defensive countermeasures to neutralise the drone”. No accidents or injury had been reported.
Israel nonetheless occupies 5 positions in southern Lebanon and has been launching near-daily assaults in defiance of the ceasefire. At the very least two brothers had been killed in a strike on the village of al-Bayyad within the Tyre district on Monday.
The Lebanese official information company ANI stated that the 2 had been killed in an assault on a sawmill in al-Bayyad.
Three folks had been killed on Sunday in raids on southern and jap Lebanon.
The army says that it’s focusing on members of Hezbollah and its infrastructure, however Lebanese leaders have accused it of trying to hinder reconstruction by placing equipment like diggers and bulldozers.
The Israeli military stated that its Sunday assaults focused an arms vendor working for Hezbollah and one other man who was “aiding the group’s makes an attempt to rebuild its capability for army motion”.
Hezbollah, severely weakened by Israel’s assaults, has stated it is able to defend itself. “The potential for conflict exists however is unsure; it is dependent upon their calculations,” stated Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem in reference to Israel.
The USA authorities has been pressuring Lebanon to have the group give up its arms to the nation’s military.
US Center East envoy Morgan Ortagus arrived late on Monday in Beirut, the place she is scheduled to satisfy Lebanese leaders.
