UN peacekeeping mission site in Lebanon hit by rocket shell amid tensions on border with Israel

The United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Sunday that a rocket shell had fallen on its site in southern Lebanon, with no casualties reported.

UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti said in a brief statement that a rocket shell fell on a site of the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, without providing further details.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati made a call to the UNIFIL Commander-in-Chief Gen. Aroldo Lazaro, inquiring about the circumstances of a missile landing at the location of UN forces in Naqoura.

According to a statement issued by Mikati's office, he stressed "full solidarity with UNIFIL."

Over the last week, tension escalated as the Lebanon-Israel border witnessed mutual bombings and exchange of fire between the Israeli army and Hezbollah, causing deaths and injuries on both sides of the border.

Earlier this week, a Lebanese journalist working for Reuters was killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombing on Lebanon near the border.