Israeli forces targeting UNIFIL position 'under examination,' IDF says
The Israel Defense Forces said an incident of an Israeli tank firing at a UNIFIL position in southern Lebanon is "under examination" when asked by ABC News.
"The Hezbollah terrorist organization has been devising and taking forward attacks against the State of Israel and IDF soldiers from terror infrastructure sites that have been built within and adjacent to UNIFIL posts for many years," the IDF said in a statement when asked about the incident.
This is the first time the IDF has said Hezbollah infrastructure has been built "within and adjacent" to UNIFIL posts. In the same statement, the IDF said UNIFIL "infrastructure sites and forces are not a target."
Israel's attacks on UNIFIL sites in southern Lebanon have been widely condemned by the international community.
-ABC News' Dorit Long
