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View all search resultsIsraeli forces destroy 17 UN peacekeeper cameras in south Lebanon: UN official
Since the start of the Israel-Hezbollah war on March 2, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been caught in the crossfire in the country's south, with Hezbollah launching attacks on Israel and its troops, and Israeli forces pushing into border towns.
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A United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) convoy drives near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on March 23, 2026. The Israeli military said it launched a wave of strikes on Beirut targeting the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, after urging residents of several areas to evacuate. (AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff)
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sraeli forces destroyed 17 surveillance cameras linked to the United Nations peacekeepers' main headquarters in southern Lebanon in 24 hours, a UN security official told AFP on Saturday.
Since the start of the Israel-Hezbollah war on March 2, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been caught in the crossfire in the country's south, with Hezbollah launching attacks on Israel and its troops, and Israeli forces pushing into border towns.
The official, who requested anonymity, said "17 of the headquarters' cameras have been destroyed by the Israeli army" in the coastal town of Naqura.
UNIFIL spokeswoman Kandice Ardiel told AFP on Saturday that "the cameras appear to have been destroyed by some kind of laser".
She added that "(Israeli) soldiers are present in Naqura and have been undertaking massive demolitions of buildings in the village this week".
Earlier this week, Ardiel told AFP that "not only have these demolitions destroyed civilian homes and businesses, but the strength of the blasts have caused damage to UNIFIL's headquarters".
Three Indonesian peacekeepers from the UN force have been killed in two separate incidents over the past week.
UNIFIL also reported Friday an "explosion" in one of its bases near Odaisseh in south Lebanon that wounded three personnel, adding that they "do not yet know the origin of the explosion".
Last week, United Nations peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix told the UN Security Council that initial findings in a probe into the deaths of two Indonesian peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on March 30 point to a roadside explosion striking their convoy.
The Israeli army accused Hezbollah of firing "a rocket that landed in a UNIFIL outpost".
The UN office in Jakarta said on Saturday the wounded were Indonesian.
Indonesia condemned the incident as "unacceptable", saying "these events underscore the urgent need to strengthen protection for UN peacekeeping forces amid an increasingly dangerous conflict situation".
According to the UN, 97 force members have been killed in violence since its establishment in 1978 to monitor the withdrawal of Israeli forces after they invaded Lebanon.
