UN calls meeting with Israeli, Lebanese officials amid border clashes
Israel conducted airstrikes in Hezbollah-controlled southern Lebanon, including near a Palestinian refugee camp, following rockets being fired into Israel a day earlier.
Israel conducted airstrikes in Lebanon again on Thursday, prompting a response from United Nations peacekeepers in the area.
The Lebanese National News Agency reported that jets belonging to “the Israeli enemy” struck near Marjayoun in southern Lebanon. The warplanes also hit close to the Rashidieh Palestinian refugee camp in the south, according to a Lebanese army statement. The airstrikes led to holes in the ground in both areas, per the army.
On Wednesday, unknown perpetrators in Lebanon fired rockets into Israel, and Israel responded with artillery fire.
The situation led the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, UNIFIL, to convene a meeting with Israeli and Lebanese military officers on Thursday. In a statement, Head of Mission Stefano Del Col called on both states to "explore ways to reinforce security and stability” and give “full and timely” cooperation to the investigations into the recent incidents.
