JERUSALEM ¨C The United Nations and France on Monday condemned Israeli fire near U.N. peacekeeping troops in southern Lebanon, after an incident during which peacekeepers neutralized an Israeli reconnaissance drone.
¡°We are very concerned about the incident that occurred on Sunday in which an Israeli drone dropped a grenade in the vicinity of a UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) patrol, and subsequently an Israeli tank fired a shot at the peacekeepers in Kfar Kila in the UNIFIL area of operations,¡± said U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, referring to the incident in southern Lebanon.
¡°Our colleagues at UNIFIL are in touch with the IDF (Israeli military) to protest vehemently what has happened. It¡¯s not the first time that we feel we¡¯ve been targeted in different ways by the IDF (including) pointing lasers or warning shots. It¡¯s very, very dangerous,¡± he said.
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