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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
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Wednesday, March 19, 2025
UN peacekeeper wounded by mine blast in southern Lebanon
An armored vehicle of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) approaches a Lebanese army roadblock near a checkpoint in the village of Burj el-Meluk in Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel on January 25, 2025. (Rabih DAHER / AFP)
Lebanon’s state news agency says a UN peacekeeper was wounded when a mine exploded in the country’s south.
National News Agency does not give further details about the blast between the villages of Zibqine and Yater, near the border with Israel.
Andrea Tenenti, a spokesman for the UN peacekeeping force known as UNIFIL, confirms that a peacekeeper was wounded during an operational activity and was taken to a Beirut hospital for surgery.
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