Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said Sunday that one of its members was wounded by an Israeli grenade dropped near a UN position in the country's south, the third incident of its kind in just over a month.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been working with the Lebanese army to support a November ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and militant group Hezbollah that culminated in two months of open war.

"Just before noon yesterday, an Israeli drone dropped a grenade that exploded near a UNIFIL position" in Kfar Kela, the force said in a statement published on Sunday.

"One peacekeeper was lightly injured and received medical assistance."Ea...