Two peacekeepers with the multinational United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL, were wounded when Israeli forces shelled an observation tower at the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura earlier this week. Less than 48 hours later, the UN reported two more injured peacekeepers in Naqoura.

Already in April, an explosion injured three UN observers as well as a Lebanese translator. At the time, Lebanese security officials traded blame with Israeli forces who said that Hezbollah had installed the explosives.

Hezbollah is designated as a terrorist organization by several countries, including the US and Germany, while the EU classifies only its armed wing as a terrorist group.

The explosions and strikes are on the sidelines of the war between Israel and Hezbollah. The conflict escalated in September 2024 after a year of limited fighting which started when Hezbollah launched strikes into Israel a day after the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023.

As UNIFIL's mission is located in southern Lebanon, the UN peacekeeping force has found itself amid the on-going cross-border strikes.

However, UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti said this week that the force........

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