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Israeli shells hit UN forces base in southern Lebanon: state media
Beirut, Lebanon, March 13 (AFP) Mar 13, 2026
Israeli shells hit a United Nations peacekeeping base in southern Lebanon on Friday, state media reported, as Israel and Hezbollah fought their latest war.

"Israeli shells fell inside the headquarters of UNIFIL forces' Nepalese battalion, in the town of Mays al-Jabal," Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported, referring to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.

UNIFIL and the Israeli military did not immediately comment on the incident.

The international UN peacekeeping force has been deployed to the area since 1978 to act as a buffer between Israel and Lebanon.

Last week, it said an attack on its position in Qawzah in southern Lebanon wounded three Ghanaian peacekeepers, without naming a culprit, though Lebanese President Joseph Aoun accused Israel of being responsible.

Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war last week when the Tehran-backed Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes.


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