And blue helmet of the United Nations Peace Force in the Lebanon (UNIFIL) has died and another has been seriously injured in an attack “of unknown origin”, as reported early this Monday by the UN agency itself.
“A blue helmet was tragically killed at night when a shell exploded in a base from UNIFIL near Adchit Al Qusayr“, in southern Lebanon, while “another was seriously injured,” the peace force published in X.
The organization said “not knowing the origin of the projectile” and having started an investigation to find out the circumstances under which the death occurred.
South Lebanon is being constant target of bombing by Israelin its offensive against the Shiite group Hezbollah that joined the conflict in the Middle East to support Iran and attack the Jewish State in turn.
The Lebanese National News Agency (ANN) previously reported that the spokesperson for the UN mission, Kandice Ardielreported that a projectile had exploded in that same location “injuring several blue helmets.”
Ardiel had already denounced last week that projectiles and missile remains had reached the UNIFIL headquarters, putting the mission “at risk.”
Tonight, new Israeli bombings on the town of The fieldin the south of the country, caused the death of five people, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health collected by ANN.
According to the latest official count, the Israeli offensive against Lebanon has killed 1,189 people and injured 3,427.
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