Two UN peacekeepers wounded by air strike in Lebanon

BEIRUT, July 29 (Reuters) Two Indian soldiers with the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon were wounded and their observation post damaged by an Israeli air strike today, a UN spokesman said.

Milos Strugar, spokesman for the UNIFL force, said the two had been evacuated to hospital. He said the observation post inside their position had been damaged.

Last week, an Israeli air raid killed four UN observers, an attack that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said was ''apparently deliberate''. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert expressed his sorrow and ordered a probe but said the UN position was not targeted intentionally.

Israel has been pounding targets in southern Lebanon since Hizbollah guerrillas seized two Israeli soldiers and killed eight in a cross-border raid 18 days ago.

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