An artillery shell hit a UN peacekeeping base in southern Lebanon on Friday. however, he did not cause any injuries. TASR informs about it according to the report of the DPA agency. The 155-millimeter grenade did not explode and Italian explosives experts safely detonated it after it hit the base in Šam. stated in the statement of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
Due to ongoing clashes between the Lebanese militant movement Hezbollah and Israeli forces, the peacekeepers were holed up in their shelters at the time of the incident. It was not immediately clear where the grenade was fired from. “We remind all parties of their obligation to ensure the safety of UN personnel and facilities. Deliberate attacks on peacekeepers constitute a serious violation of international humanitarian law and UN Security Council Resolution 1701,” stated in the UNIFIL statement.
Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani called on Israel’s new foreign minister, Gideon Saar, to ensure the security of the peacekeepers. Saar promised an immediate investigation into the incident, the government in Rome said. In another incident on Friday morning, a French UN peacekeeper was killed in a traffic accident near the village of Šama passengers in a UNIFIL convoy. Three others suffered minor injuries.
