UN peacekeeper injured from shelling in Lebanon

A UN peacekeeper was injured on Saturday as a result of shelling in south Lebanon, the mission's spokesman said, adding that it was working to verify who fired the shells.

The reported injury comes hours after a hit at the UN peacekeeping mission's headquarters, as skirmishes along the Israel-Lebanon border intensify.

"One peacekeeper was lightly injured" near the border village of Hula, Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil), told AFP.

Lebanon's official National News Agency reported that a Nepalese peacekeeper was "moderately injured in the stomach and arm after two Israeli shells" fell in Hula, a village in southern Lebanon.

Earlier on Saturday, Tenenti told AFP that "a shell hit inside the base" in Naqura, where Unifil headquarters are located. Tenenti said Unifil was seeking to verify who fired the shells.