Fifth peacekeeper wounded in southern Lebanon, UN says

A UN peacekeeper has been wounded successful confederate Lebanon aft being deed by gunfire, the UN Interim Force successful Lebanon (Unifil) has said, the 5th subordinate of the multinational unit to beryllium injured successful caller days.

In a connection connected Saturday, Unifil said a peacekeeper astatine its office successful the confederate metropolis of Naquora was injured connected Friday nighttime amid "ongoing subject enactment nearby", though added that it did not cognize the root of the fire.

"He underwent country astatine our Naqoura infirmary to region the slug and is presently stable," it said.

Separately, Unifil said buildings astatine a presumption successful the colony of Ramyah sustained "significant harm owed to explosions from adjacent shelling" connected Friday night.

"We punctual each actors of their obligations to guarantee the information and information of UN unit and premises, including avoiding combat activities adjacent Unifil positions," the ngo said.

On Friday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) acknowledged that its troops were liable for an incidental successful which 2 Sri Lankan soldiers, besides successful Naqoura, were injured.

The IDF said soldiers operating adjacent the basal opened occurrence aft identifying a menace and that the incidental would beryllium investigated "at the highest levels".

Sri Lanka's overseas ministry said it "strongly condemned" the attack.

On Thursday, 2 Indonesian peacekeepers were injured falling from an reflection operation aft Israeli tanks fired towards it.

Asked astir the incidents connected Friday, US President Joe Biden said helium was "absolutely, positively" urging Israel to halt firing astatine UN peacekeepers.

The leaders of France, Italy, and Spain person besides condemned Israel's actions, saying successful a associated connection that they were unjustifiable and should instantly end.

Earlier, the IDF said dozens much launches crossed from Lebanon into Israel connected Saturday - with a fig of them intercepted.

Meanwhile, successful Gaza astir 20 radical were killed by an Israeli onslaught successful Jabalia connected Friday night, according to the Reuters quality agency, citing medics.