Italy says Hezbollah staged UN base attack it had blamed on Israel

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UNIFIL vehicles ride along a street in Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon November 19, 2024. (Reuters)
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  • The UNIFIL force has complained of increasing attacks since Israel started its campaign targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon

BEIRUT: Italy’s defense minister said Tuesday that the Hezbollah group staged an attack on a UN peacekeeping base in Lebanon that it initially blamed on Israel.
Defense Minister Guido Crosetto had said in Brussels that Israeli forces staged the new attack on the UN base in the Lebanese town of Chamaa. But a defense ministry source said that Crosetto “did not have the right information” when he spoke. “Hezbollah was responsible for the attack,” the source told AFP.
The UNIFIL force has complained of increasing attacks since Israel started its campaign targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Israeli attacks have killed at least 3,544 people and wounded 15,036 in Lebanon since October 2023, with 28 fatalities reported on Monday, the Lebanese health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

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