UN peacekeeping mission in south Lebanon targeted 30 times in October

UNIFIL is stationed in southern Lebanon to monitor hostilities along the demarcation line with Israel [File: Karamallah Daher/Reuters]

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has recorded more than 30 incidents in October resulting in property damage or injury to its soldiers, amid Israel’s repeated calls on peacekeepers to abandon their positions.

Of the 30 incidents this month, “about 20 of those we could attribute to [Israeli military] fire or actions, with seven being clearly deliberate,” UNIFIL’s spokesman Andrea Tenenti told a news conference on Wednesday.