The U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon says the outgoing deputy commander of the force in Lebanon known as UNIFIL was injured when protesters attacked a convoy taking peacekeepers to the Beirut airport.

The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon has demanded an "immediate" investigation after one of the vehicles was set on fire.

Lebanese authorities are set to hold an emergency meeting on Saturday after a deputy commander with the UN peacekeeping force in the country was injured during an attack on a convoy taking him to the airport.

Lebanese authorities said Saturday that more than 25 people had been arrested following an attack on a United Nations convoy the day before that wounded two peacekeepers, including the force's outgoing deputy commander.

The outgoing deputy commander of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon was injured Friday after protesters attacked a convoy taking peacekeepers to the Beirut airport, UNIFIL said in a statement.

UNIFIL's outgoing deputy force commander was injured when a convoy escorting peacekeepers to Beirut airport faced a violent attack. The mission calls for an urgent investigation by Lebanese authorities and insists all responsible parties be prosecuted.

Aoun "emphasized that the attackers will receive their punishment" and said "security forces will not be lenient with any party that tries to upset stability and civil peace," according to a statement from the presidency on X.