Italy says Hezbollah staged UN base attack it had blamed on Israel

BEIRUT: Italy’s defense minister said Tuesday that the Hezbollah group staged an attack on a UN peacekeeping base in Lebanon that it initially blamed on Israel. Defense Minister Guido Crosetto had said in Brussels that Israeli forces staged the new attack on the UN base in the Lebanese town of Chamaa. But a defense ministry source said that Crosetto “did not have the right information” when he spoke. “Hezbollah was responsible for the attack,” the source told AFP. The UNIFIL force has complained of increasing attacks since Israel started its campaign targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon.