Kathmandu, March 14 -- A shelter of Nepali troops deployed as the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was destroyed in the Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Friday.

Different international media have reported citing the Lebanese authorities that Israeli shells dropped inside the compound of the Nepali battalion in Mays al-Jabal. "A shelter of our battalion has been destroyed," Raja Ram Basnet, Nepali Army spokesperson, told the Post. "There are no reports of human loss or injuries. Our soldiers are safe in bunkers."

Nepali soldiers have long been part of UNIFIL. As many as 554 are currently deployed to various locations within the country.

Israeli attacks on the UNIFIL premises are not new. It has on several occasi...