UN peacekeepers say Israel army ‘demolished’ Lebanon watchtower, fence

Capt. Hector Alonso Garcia of the Spanish UNIFIL battalion, the United Nations peacekeeping force in south Lebanon, shows on a map the blue line, a U.N.-drawn boundary between Lebanon and Israel, at an observation tower in Abbassiyeh, a Lebanese border village with Israel, on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (AP)
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  • An Israeli “army bulldozer deliberately demolished an observation tower and perimeter fence of a UN position in” southern Lebanon, UNIFIL said in a statement

BEIRUT, Lebanon: UN peacekeepers in Lebanon on Sunday said the Israeli army “deliberately” damaged one of their positions in southern Lebanon, in the latest incident reported by the force that remains deployed in all positions.
An Israeli “army bulldozer deliberately demolished an observation tower and perimeter fence of a UN position in” southern Lebanon, UNIFIL said in a statement, adding that its forces remain in all positions “despite the pressure being exerted.”