BEIRUT: Hezbollah and Amal Movement condemned Thursday the bomb attack that left six French U.N. peacekeepers wounded and urged the government to find and punish the perpetrators.

“Hezbollah and Amal condemn this criminal act … and call for an urgent investigation into the incident and efforts to find the perpetrators and punish them," said a joint statement issued by Hezbollah and Amal at the end of a coordination meeting in the southern port city of Tyre.

The statement stressed that the slogan “the army, the people and the resistance represents Lebanon’s strength and is the only way that safeguards the country from any threats and ambitions of the Israeli enemy, which continues to violate Lebanese sovereignty by air, land and sea.”

The statement came following a meeting in Tyre of the local commanders of Hezbollah and Amal. The two sides discussed the general political situation as well as developments in Lebanon and the region.

A roadside bomb targeting French troops serving with the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon exploded as their convoy made its way through the southern city of Sidon Tuesday, wounding six peacekeepers, three of whom were hospitalized.