Hezbollah and Israeli troops engage in heavy fighting near Lebanese UN peacekeepers' base
HEZBOLLAH fighters and Israeli troops fought fierce battles in different areas in south Lebanon today, including in a coastal town that is home to the headquarters of United Nations peacekeepers.
A spokesman for UN peacekeeping force Unifil told reporters they are monitoring “heavy clashes” in the coastal town of Naqoura and the village of Chamaa to the north-east.
Unifil’s headquarters are located in Naqoura in Lebanon’s south close to the Israeli border.
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