The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (FINUL) has reported this Tuesday that one of its patrols was shot at while carrying out a surveillance patrol in the south of the country, with no casualties recorded.
"This afternoon, a routine FINUL patrol near Wadi Jilu was subjected to gunfire," the UN mission reports, which speaks of "a dozen rounds" fired at its troops.
According to the communiqué, "After identifying the flash of a shot, the patrol returned fire. The attacker stopped firing. No member of the peacekeeping forces was injured," FINUL adds, which for the moment has not pointed to who would be behind the attack.
The peacekeeping mission has asked the Lebanese Executive to open a formal investigation into what happened and has called on "all the actors" involved in the conflict in southern Lebanon, occupied by Israel for, it argues, to finish eradicating the presence in the area of Hezbolá militias, "the safety and protection of United Nations personnel and assets".