Israeli strikes hit the United Nations peacekeepers' base in southern Lebanon on Thursday and Friday—which has injured at least four peacekeepers—has drawn widespread condemnation and outrage from global leaders.
Friday's strikes in Naqoura injured two UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeepers, "after two explosions occurred close to an observation tower," the peacekeeping group wrote in a statement posted on Telegram Friday morning. Both injured peacekeepers were hospitalized.
The news comes the day after UNIFIL reported that two peacekeepers were injured after an Israel Defense Forces tank fired at the observation tower "directly hitting it and causing them to fall." The peacekeepers were then hospitalized.
There are around 10,000 peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, with members from about 50 countries, who patrol, monitor and report violations of UN protocols, as well as support local communities.
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