LEBANON: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday condemned an attack a day earlier on a UN base in southern Lebanon that seriously wounded three Ghanaian UN peacekeepers.
The Lebanese president has accused Israel of targeting them and the UN peacekeeping force has said it will investigate.
“The secretary-general condemns the incident on Friday March... in Al Qawzah, southwestern Lebanon, amidst heavy firing,” Guterres’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
“The secretary-general underscores that the safety and security of UN personnel and property must be respected at all times, and that those responsible must be held accountable. The inviolability of UN installations must be respected by all.”
The attack occurred during an exchange of fire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah.
