The United Nations today said its peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon came under attack today by Israeli forces.

Israel invaded the south last month to press its military campaign against Hezbollah militants.

The UN Peacekeeping Force, which goes by its acronym,

Unifil in Lebanon, is charged with keeping the border

between Lebanon and Israel quiet and demilitarized on the Lebanese side.

A special correspondent Lela Molana Allen tells us the prospects for either or further away each and every day.

Shock in the international community today as Israeli tanks fired on two UN peacekeeper bases in southern

Lebanon.

Two soldiers were injured.

Elsewhere along the southern border, fighting raged between IDF soldiers and Hezbollah forces.

10,000 peacekeepers from 50 UN nations are stationed here in the far southern coastal town of Nacora, with bases dotted

along what's called the blue line.

For nearly two decades, UNIFIL has tried to implement the UN resolution that aims to keep peace along this feebral border.

In Kama Times, Unifil troops work to assist the local community here and distribute aid when

necessary. But for the past two weeks, they've been trapped under intense shelling and small arms fire from both sides.

UN Resolution 1701 was a key part of bringing to an end the last major conflict between Israel and Lebanon in 2006.

It had three key provisions that Hezbollah would lay down its weapons and withdraw behind the Latani River.

In its place, the Lebanese armed forces

would become the official authority in the south of Lebanon.

And in return, Israel would respect the blue line,

the border drawn up between the two countries.

In the years since, none of the parties have fulfilled or respected those obligations.

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