Israel admits responsibility for strike on UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon

Israel’s military on Wednesday acknowledged that its tank fire hit a U.N. position in southern Lebanon on March 6, wounding Ghanaian peacekeepers, an incident that underscores the growing risks as Israeli operations expand.

Initial findings by an internal U.N. inquiry had suggested Israel was behind the attack, a Western military source had told Reuters on Tuesday.

The U.N. peacekeeping mission known as UNIFIL is stationed in southern Lebanon to monitor hostilities along the demarcation line with Israel ...