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UN, France Rebuke Israel Over Fire on Peacekeepers After New Strikes in Lebanon

Washington is deploying envoy Morgan Ortagus to try to steady a fragile, year-old ceasefire.

Overview

  • UNIFIL said an Israeli drone dropped a grenade near a patrol and a tank fired toward peacekeepers near Kfar Kila, drawing condemnation from the UN and France; no casualties were reported.
  • Israel said a UNIFIL patrol shot down one of its reconnaissance drones and acknowledged dropping a grenade near the crash site, while denying that a tank fired on the peacekeepers.
  • Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported three people killed on Sunday in strikes in Baalbek and Naqoura, including a Syrian national, as Israel said it targeted Hezbollah operatives.
  • The IDF named those it says were killed as Ali Hussein al-Mousawi in eastern Lebanon and Abed/Abd Mahmoud al-Sayed near Naqoura; separate reports over the weekend also cited the killing of Radwan Force figure Zain al‑Abidin Hussein Fatouni.
  • Lebanese media reported two more fatalities on Monday in Tyre district, and the ceasefire remains strained with Israel retaining forces at multiple border outposts and conducting near-daily strikes.