Israel and the United Nations traded accusations on Oct. 14 in the growing controversy over U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon, this time over a tank attack involving a U.N. base.
The U.N. said Israeli tanks burst onto the base in southern Lebanon shortly before dawn on Oct. 13. Its United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeeping force said two Merkava tanks destroyed the base’s main gate and forcibly entered. After they left, shells exploded 100 meters away, releasing smoke that blew across the base and sickened U.N. personnel, the force said in a statement.
