Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto told his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant that the shelling of the UN peacekeeping mission headquarters in southern Lebanon on Thursday was unacceptable.
Crosetto said such incidents should be carefully avoided.
The United Nations said Israeli forces fired at the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), wounding at least two UN peacekeepers.
These are the first casualties among UN soldiers since the Israeli ground offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon began a week ago. The Israeli army has not yet commented on the incident.
The UN observer mission UNIFIL has been monitoring the border area between Lebanon and Israel for decades. More than 10,000 UN soldiers from approximately 50 countries are involved.
After Indonesia, Italy is the second largest supplier of troops, with 1,000 soldiers participating in the mission.
Crosetto also summoned the Israeli ambassador to Rome and filed a strongly worded complaint with him.
