IDF says it was targeting Hezbollah with grenade that injured Blue Helmet

Responding to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which said earlier that one of its observers was lightly wounded by a grenade dropped from an IDF drone, the Israeli military says it had intended to disperse suspects from a Hezbollah site.

“Yesterday, IDF troops operated to distance suspects who attempted to reestablish a military structure belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization” in the Kafr Kila area, “by means of a grenade,” says the IDF spokesman Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani on X.

“A report was received from UNIFIL, through the military liaison channel, that a UNIFIL soldier was injured as a result of the grenade explosion. The incident was reviewed, and safety distance procedures for strikes near UNIFIL positions were reinforced,” Shoshani says.

He says that the IDF “will act against Hezbollah’s entrenchment and terrorist activity, which pose a threat to the State of Israel.”

“The IDF emphasizes that it operates against attempts to restore Hezbollah’s military infrastructure, which violates the understandings between Israel and Lebanon, while maintaining a clear distinction from UNIFIL’s activities,” Shoshani adds.