BEIRUT — Four Ghanaian peacekeepers on duty sustained injuries on Tuesday as a rocket hit their base in the east of the southern Lebanese village of Ramyah, according to a statement by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
The rocket was “fired most likely by non-State actors within Lebanon,” said the statement, noting that three of the peacekeepers were transferred to a hospital for treatment.
On the same day, UNIFIL peacekeepers and facilities were affected by two other separate incidents. One involved the UNIFIL West Sector headquarters in Chamaa, where five rockets hit the maintenance workshop, though no peacekeepers were injured. This marked the second time in less than a week that the base had been impacted by the ongoing clashes between Israel and Hezbollah. On Nov. 15, a 155mm live artillery shell had struck the base.
In another incident, an armed person fired at a UNIFIL patrol passing through a road northeast of the village of Khirbet Selm. There were no reports of injuries among the peacekeepers.
The UN mission has informed the Lebanese Armed Forces about the incidents and launched investigations into each.
“UNIFIL once again reminds all actors involved in the ongoing hostilities to respect the inviolability of United Nations peacekeepers and premises. The pattern of regular attacks — direct or indirect — against peacekeepers must end immediately,” said the statement.
UNIFIL sites and installations have previously been attacked, leading to injuries, amidst the ongoing conflict between the Israeli army and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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