Three U.N. observers and a translator wounded in south Lebanon, peacekeeping mission says

An strike on Saturday hit a vehicle carrying United Nations technical observers outside the southern Lebanese border town of Rmeish, wounding several observers, two security sources told Reuters, who attriubted the strike to Israel.

BEIRUT — A blast injured several United Nations technical observers outside a southern Lebanese border town on Saturday, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the area said — an incident two security sources told Reuters was the result of an Israeli strike.

The Israeli military’s spokesman, Avichay Adraee, denied that Israeli forces hit a vehicle belonging to UNIFIL, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, near the town of Rmeish.

When asked to clarify whether its forces had hit any non-U.N. vehicles, the IDF told NBC News, "We did not strike in the area."

In a statement, UNIFIL said that three military observers from the U.N. technical observer mission, UNTSO, and one Lebanese language assistant on a foot patrol along the Blue Line were injured "when an explosion occurred near their location."

"They have now been evacuated for medical treatment," the statement added. UNIFIL said it was now investigating the origin of the explosion, and has so far not attributed the strike to Israel.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israeli-strike-wounds-un-observers-lebanon-rcna145719

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