Border Clash Wounds UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon: Heightened Tensions Amid Near-Daily Clashes
Beirut, Lebanon – Three United Nations military observers and a Lebanese interpreter were injured during a patrol along the southern Lebanese border after a nearby shell exploded, according to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. The observers, from the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, were supporting the mission in the region. Tensions have risen amid near-daily clashes between Israel and Lebanon following the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza, sparking concerns of a potential escalation to a …