Israel shooting at UN peacekeepers may be war crime, Italy says

Italy's Defence Minister Guido Crosetto has said that Israel shooting at UN peacekeepers along the demarcation line in Lebanon could be a war crime. 

"This was not a mistake and not an accident," Crosetto told reporters. "It could constitute a war crime and represented a very serious violation of international military law."

Israeli soldiers fired on positions belonging to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) on Wednesday and Thursday, the Reuters news agency reported. 

Italy, which has a significant number of soldiers in Unifil, had summoned the Israeli ambassador earlier on Thursday. Crosetto said the ambassador had not yet provided answers as to why the attack occurred.