The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Lebanon said Sunday one of its observers was lightly injured by a grenade dropped by an Israeli drone in the Kafr Kila area of southern Lebanon a day earlier, in the third incident of its kind in just over a month.

“Just before noon yesterday, an Israeli drone dropped a grenade that exploded near a UNIFIL position” in Kafr Kila, the international observer force said, adding that the lightly wounded observer received medical assistance.

“Before the grenade was dropped, peacekeepers had observed two drones flying near their position,” said UNIFIL.

Responding to UNIFIL, the Israeli military said it had intended to disperse suspects from a Hezbollah site.

“Yesterday, IDF troops operated to distance suspects who attempted to reestablish a military structure belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization” in the Kafr Kila area, “by means of a grenade,” said the IDF’s international media spokesman, Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani on X.

“A report was received from UNIFIL, through the military liaison channel, that a UNIFIL soldier was injured as a result of the grenade explosion. The incident was reviewed, and safety distance procedures for strikes near UNIFIL positions were reinforced,” Shoshani said.

He said that the IDF would........

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