We have been reporting today that two people from UNIFIL, the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, were injured when Israel fired on them yesterday. 

Now, the IDF has commented on the incident and said the peacekeepers were “inadvertently hurt during IDF combat against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon”. 

“The IDF expresses deep concern over incidents of this kind and is currently conducting a thorough review at the highest levels of command to determine the details,” IDF spokesman Nadav Shoshani said.

“It is crucial to note that the IDF is operating in southern Lebanon as part of an ongoing conflict with Hezbollah whose terrorists and infrastructure are in close proximity to UNIFIL positions posing a significant risk to the safety of peacekeepers.”

Mr Shoshani said the military took “every precaution to minimise harm to civilians and peacekeepers alike”. 

UNIFIL said earlier the explosions went off close to an observation tower at its headquarters in the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura. 

One of the injured peacekeepers was taken to a hospital in the nearby city of Tyre, while the other was treated at the site.

Two killed ‘after Israeli forces target military posts in Lebanon’ – report

Lebanon’s army has said two people were killed and three others injured after Israeli forces targeted one of its military posts in southern Lebanon’s Kafra, Reuters reports.

Sky News has not been able to verify this report.

Since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon, Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants have clashed along the border.