{"id":13492,"date":"2024-03-30T11:09:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T11:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/30\/several-people-injured-after-shell-explodes-near-un-observers-in-southern-lebanon\/"},"modified":"2024-03-30T11:09:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T11:09:16","slug":"several-people-injured-after-shell-explodes-near-un-observers-in-southern-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/30\/several-people-injured-after-shell-explodes-near-un-observers-in-southern-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Several people injured after shell explodes near UN observers in southern Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Four people have been wounded after a shell exploded near a UN patrol in southern Lebanon, the UN peacekeeping mission has said.<\/p>\n

Earlier Reuters reported an Israeli strike had hit a car carrying UN observers outside the border town of Rmeish, citing two security sources, but the Israeli military said “contrary to the reports” it did not strike a UNIFIL vehicle in the area.<\/p>\n

UNIFIL – the UN peacekeeper mission in southern Lebanon<\/strong><\/a> – said three military observers and one Lebanese translator on foot patrol along the Blue Line, which divides the border between Lebanon and Israel<\/strong><\/a>, were injured in an explosion near their location.<\/p>\n

It said they had been evacuated for medical treatment and it was investigating the origin of the explosion.<\/p>\n

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“Safety and security of UN personnel must be granted,” UNIFIL said. “All actors have a responsibility under international humanitarian law to ensure protection to non-combatants, including peacekeepers, journalists, medical personnel, and civilians.<\/p>\n

“We repeat our call for all actors to cease the current heavy exchanges of fire before more people are unnecessarily hurt.”<\/p>\n

Israel has exchanged regular fire with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas<\/strong><\/a> in October.<\/p>\n

Israel’s shelling of Lebanon has killed nearly 270 Hezbollah fighters – as well as around 50 civilians including children, medics and journalists – and has hit both UNIFIL and the Lebanese army.<\/p>\n

In November UNIFIL said one of its patrols was hit by Israeli gunfire in southern Lebanon. No casualties were reported.<\/p>\n

A series of Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed 16 people on Wednesday, while a barrage of rockets fired by Hezbollah killed one Israeli man, making it the deadliest day in more than five months of fighting along the border.<\/p>\n

A day later UNIFIL said it was “very concerned over the surge of violence occurring across the Blue Line right now”.<\/p>\n

“This escalation has caused a high number of civilian deaths and the destruction of homes and livelihoods,” it added.<\/p>\n

“It is imperative that this escalation cease immediately. We urge all sides to put down their weapons and begin the process toward a sustainable political and diplomatic solution.”<\/p>\n

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Concerns have grown about further escalation between Israel and Hezbollah<\/strong><\/a>, with tens of thousands of people on both sides displaced by the violence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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