CNN —Concerns are mounting for the safety of United Nations peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon amid Israel’s ground incursion, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix warned on Thursday, after Israeli fire resulted in the injury of two UN troops.
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported early Thursday that the peacekeepers were injured after an Israeli tank fired toward an observation tower at its headquarters in the southern Lebanese city Naqoura.
“The IDF is operating in southern Lebanon and maintains routine communication with UNIFIL,” the IDF said in a statement after Thursday’s incident.
UN peacekeepers have been stationed in southern Lebanon since 2006, per a mandate by the United Nations Security Council.
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni summoned the Israeli ambassador in Rome on Thursday after what she described as “unacceptable” behavior by the Israeli forces.
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Jean, Pierre Lacroix, Peace Operations Lacroix, ” Lacroix, ” UNFIL, ”, Farhan Haq, –, Indonesian –, Wafiq Safa, Giorgia Meloni, Stefano Messina, Yoav Gallant, “, Micheál Martin, Simon Harris, Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell
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