Israeli bombs in the Unifil camp in southern Lebanon: extremely high tension

A new episode of violence shakes the already fragile balance of the South of Lebanon, bringing back to the forefront the issue of the security of United Nations peacekeepers engaged in the Unifil mission.

The headquarters of the Nepalese battalion in Mays al-Jabal was hit tonight, Friday, by what Lebanese state media referred to as “Israeli bullets,” which fell within the perimeter of the base.

So far, there have been no official communications from either Unifil or the Israeli Defense Forces (Idf), but the incident raises urgent questions about how to protect peacekeepers in an area where the “ceasefire” appears extremely fragile and is regularly contradicted by facts.

The affected installation is located in the Marjayoun district and is a strategic node of the “Sector East” of the mission. In this portion of territory near the Blue Line — the invisible line that since 2006 separates, more on paper than on the ground, Israel and Lebanon — the Nepalese contingent performs essential tasks: patrols, observation, support to the Lebanese Armed Forces, and healthcare assistance to the population.

The incident in Mays al-Jabal is not isolated. Just a week earlier, on March 6, 2026, a Unifil position in Qawzah, in the western sector, was hit by gunfire that resulted in the injury of several Ghanaian peacekeepers. On that occasion, accounts varied between the hypothesis of stray fire and that of a deliberate attack, highlighting the high risk in a front where official versions are often questioned by evidence on the ground.

Mays al-Jabal has long been a “hinge location” under high tension, exposed to exchanges of artillery, incursions, and modern drone warfare. In January 2026, a French patrol from Unifil had to employ electronic countermeasures to repel a drone coming from the Israeli side right in this municipality, indicating how the airspace has become a hybrid theater where incidents are always possible.

The signs of friction are ongoing: in June 2025, the Lebanese Army, in coordination with Unifil, had filled a 200-meter trench dug by the IDF, in a gesture of reaffirmation of national sovereignty. Already in January of the same year, international journalists had documented the presence of Israeli checkpoints related to a ceasefire agreement that remained unimplemented, highlighting a chronic lack of synchronization in withdrawals.