Beirut, Aug. 11 -- Israeli forces fired 455 projectiles into southern Lebanon and breached Lebanese airspace 97 times between Friday and Sunday, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported, marking one of the heaviest periods of fire recorded in months.

In a statement issued on Monday, UNIFIL said Saturday alone accounted for 229 of the projectiles, the highest single-day total recorded by the peacekeeping mission since June 21, when quadrilateral talks in Burgenstock, Switzerland took place, where US and Iranian delegations, along with representatives from Qatar and Pakistan, met to discuss technical talks on a 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that included provisions for ending hostilities in Lebanon by Isra...