Four UN peacekeepers injured by rocket fire in Lebanon

Two Unifil bases were hit by rocket fire and a patrol was shot at, the UN force says, condemning the incidents.

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Four Ghanaian peacekeepers were injured, with three requiring hospital treatment, after a rocket struck a base in the east of the village of Ramyah near the border with Israel, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) said. The severity of their injuries is unknown.

Unifil also said a base in Shama was damaged by rocket fire with “non-state actors within Lebanon" most likely responsible. There were no injuries.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) which is staging a ground invasion of southern Lebanon against Hezbollah, blamed the Lebanese armed group for both incidences of rocket fire. Hezbollah has not commented.

Also on Tuesday, a Unifil patrol was fired at while the group passed through a road northeast of the village of Khirbat Silim, with no injuries reported.

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