UN: Our forces were fired upon by an Israeli tank
On Wednesday, an Israeli tank shelled a position belonging to Unifil, the UN peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon, Unifil said according to AFP.
The incident occurred in the village of Kfar Kaza. According to Unifil, the tank fired at their watchtower in "a direct and apparently deliberate attack". The tower was damaged and two cameras were destroyed, but no one was reported injured.
Several Unifil employees have been injured in Israeli attacks in Lebanon, which has been condemned internationally. Israel maintains that it did not attack Unifil on purpose, and calls on the forces to leave Lebanon.
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Mayor dead after Israeli attack: "Massacre"
Six people have been killed after an Israeli attack on the municipal hall in the Lebanese Nabatieh, reports Reuters. One of the dead is the city's mayor, Ahmed Kahil.
- It is a massacre, says Southern Lebanon Governor Howaida Turk to Al-Jazeera.
Lebanon's acting prime minister Najib Mikati condemned the attack in Nabatieh, a provincial capital in southern Lebanon. According to Mikati, people had gathered in the town hall to discuss the need for emergency aid when Israel deliberately bombed the building.
In a statement, the Israeli Defense Forces wrote that they attacked dozens of targets in the area with the aim of destroying Hezbollah's underground infrastructure, according to Reuters.
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