UN says Israel fired at peacekeeping post in south Lebanon

U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon have said Israeli army forces fired at one of their positions in south Lebanon in a "direct and apparently deliberate" attack that damaged a watchtower.

Peacekeepers in the southern village of Kfarkila observed an Israeli army tank "firing at their watchtower", UNIFIL said Wednesday, adding that "two cameras were destroyed, and the tower was damaged" in what the force called "direct and apparently deliberate fire on a UNIFIL position".

The Israeli army insisted Wednesday that it was not targeting U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon, after the UNIFIL force reported being fired at.

"UNIFIL infrastructure sites and forces are not a target," the Israeli army said in a statement.