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WATCH LIVE: Pentagon holds news briefing as 2 UN peacekeepers in Lebanon wounded by Israeli tank

BEIRUT — The U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon said Thursday an Israeli tank fired on its headquarters in the town of Naqoura, hitting an observation tower and wounding two peacekeepers, who were hospitalized.
Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder is expected to hold a news briefing at 1:45 p.m. EDT. Watch in the player above.
UNIFIL said in a statement that its headquarters and nearby positions “have been repeatedly hit.” It said the army also fired on a nearby bunker where peacekeepers were sheltering, damaging vehicles and a communication system. It said an Israeli drone was seen flying to the bunker’s entrance.

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