A day after it expressed concern over the deteriorating security situation along the Israel-Lebanon border, India Saturday joined the troop-contributing countries in the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and aligned itself against Israeli military’s action that has wounded two UN peacekeepers in Lebanon. The Permanent Mission of India at the UN in New York, in a post on X, said: “As a major Troop Contributing Country, India aligns itself fully with the joint statement issued by the 34 UNIFIL troop contributing countries. Safety and security of peacekeepers are of paramount importance and must be ensured in accordance with extant UNSC Resolutions.” Two UN peacekeepers from Sri Lanka were wounded in an Israeli strike Friday near their watchtower in Naqoura in south Lebanon, Israel’s military said, while blasts shook the peacekeepers’ main base in the area for the second time in 48 hours as Israeli forces battled the Hezbollah. The UNIFIL force called it a “serious development” and said the security of UN personnel and property must be guaranteed. The force has more than 10,000 …