{"id":18328,"date":"2024-11-22T17:54:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T17:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18328"},"modified":"2024-11-22T17:54:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T17:54:37","slug":"four-italian-soldiers-injured-in-rocket-attack-on-unifil-headquarters-in-lebanon-prime-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18328","title":{"rendered":"Four Italian soldiers injured in rocket attack on UNIFIL headquarters in Lebanon, prime minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Four Italian soldiers have been injured in an “attack” by two rockets on the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Friday, the Italian Prime Minister has said.<\/p>\n

“I have learned with deep indignation and concern of the news of the new attacks suffered by the Italian headquarters of UNIFIL in southern Lebanon, which have also caused the injury of some of our soldiers engaged in a peacekeeping mission,” Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said.<\/p>\n

The defence ministry said in a statement that the two 122mm rockets hit a bunker in the base at Shama village and a room near the international military police headquarters, causing damage to the surrounding infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Some glass shattered due to the explosion, hitting the four soldiers, the statement said.<\/p>\n

“It is intolerable that once again a UNIFIL base has been hit,” Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said.<\/p>\n

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told Italian media that Hezbollah might be responsible for the attack.<\/p>\n

The peacekeeping mission known as UNIFIL is deployed in southern Lebanon to monitor the demarcation line with Israel.<\/p>\n

Italy has long been a major contributor to the multi-national operation, providing more than 1,000 soldiers.<\/p>\n