The command of the international forces operating in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) said that the Israeli occupation army is deliberately destroying its basic properties.

"This morning, peacekeeping soldiers witnessed an Israeli army bulldozer destroying a blue barrel representing the withdrawal line between Lebanon and Israel in Labbouneh, as well as a Lebanese Armed Forces watchtower next to a UNIFIL position in the area," UNIFIL said in a statement on Saturday.

The statement added that "the deliberate and direct destruction by the Israeli army of UNIFIL property and clearly identifiable infrastructure belonging to the Lebanese Armed Forces constitutes a flagrant violation of resolution 1701 and international law."