Israeli troops fire at 3 UNIFL positions in southern Lebanon, UN source says

Israeli troops opened fire at three positions held by UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, a UN source told Reuters, without immediately being able to specify the type of fire.

The source said one of the locations that was fired at was UNIFL’s main base at Naqoura.

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