Two UN peacekeepers from Ghana were critically wounded when their base in southern Lebanon was hit on Friday, state media and the Ghanaian military reported, with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun accusing Israel of targeting them.The attack came as Israel and Iran's Lebanese proxy Hezbollah exchanged fire after the Middle East war expanded into the country on Monday.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said that several Ghanaian members of the UN force were "wounded after their position in the town of Qawzah was targeted".
Ghana's military said in a statement that the Ghanaian battalion headquarters in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) came under "two missile attacks", adding that "two soldiers are critically injured, while one other has been traumatised".
"Additionally, the officers' mess facility also got hit and has been burnt down completely."
Neither the NNA or the Ghanaian army specified the source of the attack.
In a statement, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned "Israeli attacks on Lebanon", adding that they had "even reached the point of a direct assault on UNIFIL".
UNIFIL has acted as a buffer between Israel and Lebanon for decades and was assisting the Lebanese army while it was dismantling Hezbollah infrastructure near the Israeli border after the last war opposing the Iran-backed group and Israel in 2024.
It plans to withdraw all troops from Lebanon by mid-2027.
