UNIFIL Announces Soldiers Fired Upon

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced that its soldiers were fired upon from an Israeli army position south of the Blue Line, without sustaining any injuries.

In a statement, UNIFIL said that its soldiers were targeted earlier today by 15 rounds fired from small arms at a distance of no more than 50 meters, while conducting a patrol near the town of Kfarshouba in the Hasbaya district of southern Lebanon.