The commander of the 146th division, Brigadier General Yeftah Norkin, whose forces operate in southern Lebanon, referred to incidents in which UNIFIL forces were hit by IDF strikes, telling Ynet that "we respect UNIFIL, there was no deliberate intention to harm them and we are investigating the incidents. This is a complex combat environment and in an attack into such a space with an enemy in the area between us sometimes mistakes happen. We conveyed the messages to them in a good spirit."