IDF says Hezbollah fired rocket that hit UNIFIL post in Lebanon, hurting 3 peacekeepers

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

A rocket fired by Hezbollah struck a United Nations position in southern Lebanon earlier today, the Israeli military says.

The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said earlier that an “explosion” at their post near Odaisseh injured three members of the observer force, including two seriously.

The IDF says that it identified a rocket launch by Hezbollah that struck the UN post at Odaisseh.

“An examination of the launch trajectory clearly indicates that the firing was carried out by the Hezbollah terror organization,” the military says.

Earlier, UNIFIL said, “We do not yet know the origin of the explosion.”

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