Rockets likely launched by Hezbollah or affiliated groups on Friday hit a United Nations peacekeeping base in southern Lebanon, the U.N. said. Italy’s Defense Ministry said four Italian soldiers were slightly injured after two exploding rockets hit the U.

The UN peacekeeping agency in southern Lebanon has said four of its soldiers have been injured in a rocket attack on one of its bases. The Italian soldiers were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) base in Shama,

FOUR ITALIAN PEACEKEEPERS have been injured in what the United Nations has described as a suspected Hezbollah rocket incident at their base in South Lebanon. UNIFIL has said that the location of the incident is the Sector West Headquarters in Shama.

Four Italian peacekeepers were injured when two rockets hit the headquarters of the UN peacekeeping troops in southern Lebanon on Friday. "Two rockets struck the Sector West Headquarters in Shama, injuring four Italian peacekeepers who are now receiving treatment at the base hospital.