Austrian peacekeepers injured in missile strike at camp in Lebanon

Members of the Israeli police bomb squad work at the site where one person was killed after a projectile launched from Lebanon slammed into northern Israel (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Eight Austrian soldiers serving in the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon were lightly injured in a missile strike at the Naqoura camp on Tuesday, Austrian authorities said.

Defence ministry spokesman Michael Bauer wrote on social network X that the incident happened on Tuesday lunchtime. He said it was not immediately clear who was responsible for the strike.