JERUSALEM (VINnews) – A United Nations peacekeeper was killed and two others were wounded when Hezbollah fired mortar shells that struck a UNIFIL position in southern Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces said Thursday.

The IDF said the shells were launched overnight from the area of Al-Qatrani and hit a UNIFIL force position in the Dibbine area. An examination of the launch trajectory clearly showed the fire originated from Hezbollah, according to the military.

“Hezbollah’s launches endanger international forces and also harm UN personnel operating in the area,” the IDF said in a statement.

The incident comes amid ongoing cross-border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah along the Lebanon-Israel border.

UNIFIL, the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, has been deployed in southern Lebanon since 1978 to help maintain peace along the border. The IDF did not immediately release further details about the nationalities of the casualties.