The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it did not carry out a strike on a vehicle carrying United Nations observers in southern Lebanon on Saturday.

“Contrary to the reports, the IDF did not strike a UNIFIL vehicle in the area of Rmeish this morning,” the military said in a post in Hebrew on X, formerly Twitter.

Lebanese media reported three UN technical observers and a translator were injured when their vehicle was was attacked by a drone outside of Rmeish.

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, said the targeting of peacekeepers is “unacceptable.” 

What we know so far

The Lebanese state-run news agency NNA reported three blue helmets from Australia, Chile, and Norway and a Lebanese translator were injured in the attack.

According to the reports, they were airlifted in a UNIFIL helicopter. 

Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza in October, Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah have regularly traded fire across the border.

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