Israel’s military has claimed it had obtained information that indicated a Hezbollah explosive charge caused the blast that wounded UN peacekeepers in Lebanon last week.

The UN peacekeeping force said three military observers and a translator were wounded in Saturday’s blast in south Lebanon, where Israel and Hezbollah fighters trade frequent cross-border fire.

“According to information available to the (army), the explosion that occurred on March 30… occurred after a Unifil patrol passed over a charge that had been previously placed by Hezbollah in the area,” army spokesman Avichay Adraee said on X.

After the blast, the army told AFP: “We did not strike in the area.” The military observers, from Australia, Chile and Norway, and a Lebanese language assistant were on patrol near the so-called Blue Line — the UN-demarcated border between Israel and Lebanon.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported an “enemy (Israeli) drone” raided the Rmeish area of southern Lebanon where the incident is said to have occurred.