4 UN military observers wounded in an explosion while patrolling Lebanon’s southern border

By BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB
Associated Press

BEIRUT (AP) — Four United Nations military observers have been wounded while patrolling the southern Lebanese border after a shell exploded near them. The U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, said Saturday that the military observers were from the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization which supports their mission. Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, concerns have grown the near-daily clashes along the border between Israel and Lebanon could escalate into a full-scale war. The Israeli military in a statement denied striking the peacekeepers. UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti said they were “investigating the origin of the explosion”.