Western diplomat: Expect Security Council condemnation over IDF tank fire at UNIFIL post in Lebanon

A Western diplomatic official says the IDF tank fire toward a UNIFIL position is a “very serious” incident.

“Expect a round of condemnations at the UN Security Council,” says the official.

The UN peacekeeping force says that “this morning, two peacekeepers were injured after an IDF Merkava tank fired its weapon toward an observation tower at UNIFIL’s headquarters in Naqoura, directly hitting it and causing them to fall. The injuries are fortunately, this time, not serious, but they remain in hospital.”

It also accuses the IDF of firing on UN position 1-31 in Labbouneh, “hitting the entrance to the bunker where peacekeepers were sheltering, and damaging vehicles and a communications system. An IDF drone was observed flying inside the UN position up to the bunker entrance.”

Yesterday, according to UNIFIL, Israeli troops “deliberately fired at and disabled the position’s perimeter-monitoring cameras. They also deliberately fired on UNP 1-32A in Ras Naqoura, where regular Tripartite meetings were held before the conflict began, damaging lighting and a relay station.”