A UN peacekeeper from Serbia died from wounds sustained when shelling hit his base near Marjayoun, Lebanon. Two other peacekeepers were injured. UNIFIL is investigating the attack, which follows several fatal incidents since the outbreak of the Iran war and renewed clashes between Hezbollah and Israel.
Ataques israelenses no Líbano mataram pelo menos quatro pessoas e um soldado da ONU morreu em fogo cruzado. A violência ocorre após um novo acordo de cessar-fogo entre Israel e Hezbollah, que busca o fim da guerra com o Irã e a reabertura do Estreito de Ormuz.
Over 565 Indian peacekeepers, including 53 women, serving with UNMISS in South Sudan have been honored for their dedication to protecting civilians and supporting peacebuilding. India is the second-largest contributor to UN peacekeeping.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will discuss security in the Strait of Hormuz and the consequences of its potential closure at the European Political Community summit in Yerevan on May 4. The discussion follows a Paris summit where the UK and France agreed to lead a multinational mission to protect freedom of navigation after the conflict ends. Starmer will also address Ukraine-related topics, including the UK's participation in a 90-billion-euro loan and potential deployment of UK and French peacekeepers.
Russia's Permanent Representative Vasily Nebenzya demanded at a UN Security Council meeting that all security threats against UN peacekeepers in Lebanon be promptly investigated and perpetrators punished regardless of their status. He accused Israel of having no respect for UN authority, with peacekeepers subjected to obstacles and gunfire including from tanks, resulting in deaths. Nebenzya called for compliance with UNSC Resolution 1701, including Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory.
An Indonesian UN peacekeeper died on Friday from wounds sustained in a March 29 attack on his base in Adchit Al Qusayr, Lebanon. Corporal Rico Pramudia is the sixth peacekeeper killed since the Israel-Hezbollah war began on March 2. A UN preliminary investigation found he was killed by an Israeli tank shell, while a separate March 30 IED attack that killed two more Indonesian soldiers was likely carried out by Hezbollah.
A French soldier injured in last week’s attack on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon last week, has died, President Emmanuel Macron has said Read Full Article at RT.com
In areas of southern Lebanon it has occupied since agreeing last week to a ceasefire with Hezbollah, the Israeli army has been destroying homes it says were used as outposts by the Iran-backed militant group. But the demolitions were happening on such a wide scale that residents, Lebanese officials and UN peacekeepers were increasingly worried that large numbers of people displaced by the latest war would have nowhere to return if the fragile truce holds. From a hill overlooking Beit Lif - about...
Established in 1978, UNIFIL has more than 10,000 peacekeepers from 50 countries who patrol the Blue Line, the UN-drawn border between Lebanon and Israel.
A second French soldier died on Wednesday from wounds suffered in a weekend ambush against UN peacekeepers in Lebanon blamed on Hezbollah, President Emmanuel Macron said. A first soldier, staff sergeant Florian Montorio, was shot dead in the Saturday ambush, for which Hezbollah has denied responsibility. “Corporal Anicet Girardin … brought home yesterday from Lebanon, where he was badly wounded by Hezbollah fighters, died this morning of the consequences of his wounds,” Macron posted on X. One...
