Also on Tuesday, a Unifil patrol was fired upon as the group was passing along a road northeast of Khirbat Silim village, and there were no casualties.
In a statement released on social media, Unifil condemned the attacks on its people and infrastructure.
“The pattern of regular attacks — direct or indirect — on peacekeepers must stop immediately,” the statement said.
“Any attack on peacekeepers is a flagrant violation of international law and Resolution 1701, which forms the basis of Unifil’s current mandate.”
In accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, the UN was to establish a zone in the south of the country free from armed forces other than the Lebanese army.
However, Israel accuses Unifil of turning a blind eye to the growth of Hezbollah, which now outnumbers the official Lebanese army. Israel, Great Britain, the United States and other countries have recognized Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.
Tensions between Israel and the UN over its peacekeeping operations in southern Lebanon have escalated in recent months, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling for forces to be withdrawn from “combat areas”.
A Unifil spokesman in Geneva said UN peacekeepers were seeing an increase in violence, with “enormous, shocking” destruction along the Blue Line, the UN-recognised border separating Israel and Lebanon.
