The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL, a peacekeeping mission deployed in the south of the country since 1978) said several rounds of small arms fire hit one of its positions near Kfar Shouba on the Blue Line, the UN-drawn border with Israel, on Wednesday morning. No casualties were reported, and UNIFIL said it was investigating the incident and condemned such attacks as a grave danger to peacekeepers. The incident comes as the force's mandate is due to end on December 31 under pressure from the United States and Israel, and as Lebanon's government warns of a security vacuum in the south while a new US-sponsored Israel-Lebanon framework deal is implemented.