'Grave threat to the security and stability': 3 UN observers, translator wounded in Lebanon attack
Peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon patrol the border area between Lebanon and Israel on Hamames hill in the Khiyam area of southern Lebanon. Three United Nations observers and a translator were wounded on Saturday when a shell exploded near them as they were carrying out a foot patrol in south Lebanon, the UN peacekeeping mission said, adding it was still investigating the origin of the blast.
UNIFIL said in a statement on Saturday that the targeting of peacekeepers is"unacceptable" and that the wounded staff had been evacuated for treatment. "From Rmeish, we heard a blast and then saw a UNIFIL car zipping by. The foreign observers were taken to hospitals in Tyre and Beirut by helicopter and car," Milad said, without providing details on their condition.
Israeli security forces stand near the remains of projectile stuck in the pavement in Israel's northern border town of Kiryat Shmona following a rocket attack from neighbouring Lebanon. UNIFIL in February said that the Israeli military violated international law by firing on a group of clearly identifiable journalists, killing Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah.
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