The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, said on Thursday that the Israeli occupation forces' bombing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in southern Lebanon is "unacceptable and unjustified."

Borrell added, in a post on his account on the "X" platform, "A new line has been dangerously crossed in Lebanon, through the Israeli forces' bombing of UN peacekeeping forces, whose locations are known."

The European official expressed his condemnation and rejection of this act, saying that "there is no justification for it." He added that "the European Union affirms its full support for UNIFIL forces and its mission, mandated by the United Nations Security Council."

Earlier on Thursday, UNIFIL announced in a statement that "the Israeli army repeatedly shelled its headquarters in Naqoura and the sites adjacent to it, reminding Israel of its obligations to ensure the safety and security of UN personnel and property and to respect the sanctity of its buildings."