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The UN mission reports a dozen shots fired at a patrol near Wadi Jilu, in southern Lebanon; the patrol returned fire and the attacker stopped shooting.
Quick Look
- A UNIFIL surveillance patrol near Wadi Jilu, in southern Lebanon, was hit by a dozen shots.
- The patrol returned fire and the attacker stopped shooting.
- No peacekeepers were injured.
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Why It Matters
The article reports an attack against a Unifil surveillance patrol near Wadi Jilu, in southern Lebanon, as communicated by the UN mission itself through a post on its X profile.
This evening, a Unifil surveillance patrol near Wadi Jilu, in southern Lebanon, was hit by a dozen shots. Unifil itself made this known in a post on its X profile. "After identifying the flash of the shot, the patrol returned fire. The attacker stopped shooting. No peacekeepers were injured", adds the UN mission. According to what we learned from agency sources, it was a Finnish Unifil patrol that was hit by gunfire in Lebanon. The events in Tyre, in the predominantly Shiite eastern area, in a fairly deserted street. Unifil has opened an investigation.
Open Questions
- Where exactly the shots were coming from
- Who is the attacker
- What will be the outcomes of the investigation opened by Unifil
