The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported this Sunday the impact of a missile against the headquarters of the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, currently commanded by Spain, with no casualties reported.

A UNIFIL spokesperson, Andrea Tenenti, explained that “the Force's headquarters in Naqura has been attacked by a rocket,” according to the Lebanese newspaper L'Orient le Jour.

“We are investigating this incident, which has caused no injuries or victims,” added Tenenti, who has not specified the origin of the shot.

The Spanish Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, has had a telephone conversation with the UNIFIL commander, Spanish General Aroldo Lázaro, who has also confirmed that there are no injuries as a result of the impact.

For his part, the acting Prime Minister of Lebanon, Nayib Mikati, has also contacted Lázaro “to ask him about the circumstances of the fall of a missile on the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqura” and to convey his “solidarity”, he reported. the presidency of the Council of Ministers in a statement, which also did not provide details about the origin of the projectile.

The border area has registered an upsurge in violence this Sunday with several missile attacks by the Shiite group Hezbollah against several points in northern Israel, which in turn has responded with artillery and aerial bombardments.

In this last week, Israeli forces and Hezbollah have engaged in a series of crossed attacks across the divide between both countries, an area in which there have also been some actions claimed by Palestinian factions present in Lebanese territory.

UNIFIL, made up of almost 10,000 blue helmets from 49 different countries and currently commanded by Spain, is deployed in the southern strip of Lebanon that goes from the de facto border with Israel to the Litani River.. Some 650 Spanish soldiers participate in the contingent, protected by resolutions 425 and 426 (1978) of the UN Security Council, later renewed in resolution 1701 of 2006.

Since the outbreak of border violence last Sunday, the Blue Helmets have repeatedly called on the parties to restraint and have insisted that they maintain constant contact with officials on both sides of the divide to avoid “misunderstandings.”