Two UN peacekeepers were injured in an Israeli air raid which hit near their border post in south Lebanon on Saturday, a UN spokesman said.

Two Indian peacekeeping soldiers with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were moderately wounded as a result of the impact of an aerial bomb that landed near their position in the southern Lebanese border village of Adaisseh, according to UNIFIL spokesman Milos Strugar.

The two had been rushed to hospital, he said, adding that the UN observation post was also damaged in the Israeli airstrike.

Four unarmed UN observers were killed in an Israeli air raid on south Lebanon on Tuesday. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said the strike was "apparently deliberate", a charge denied by Israel.

Created in 1978 and deployed in south Lebanon since then, UNIFIL has been committed to confirming the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, restoring the international peace and security and helping the Lebanese government restore its effective authority in the area.

Violence erupted in Lebanon on July 12 when Israel started a massive assault following the capture of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah guerillas in cross-border attacks.

Source: Xinhua