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Jakarta has condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon that killed one Indonesian peacekeeper and injured three others, as the border area became another flashpoint in the wider conflict roiling the Middle East.
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United Nations peacekeepers with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) drive past a Lebanese army outpost on March 27 in the area of Naqura in southern Lebanon. (AFP/Kawnat Haju)
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akarta has condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon that killed one Indonesian peacekeeper and injured three others, as the border area became another flashpoint in Israel’s war.
The soldier, identified as Chief Pvt. Farizal Rhomadhon, 28, was killed by “indirect artillery fire in the vicinity” of the Indonesian base of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) near Adchit al-Qusayr on Sunday, the Foreign Ministry in Jakarta confirmed on Monday.
His remains were retrieved at the UNIFIL headquarters, awaiting repatriation.
"We pay our highest respect and highest appreciation to our fallen soldiers," said Foreign Minister Sugiono on the sidelines of a presidential visit to Tokyo, Japan on Monday.
Two other Indonesian Blue Helmets suffered minor injuries and were still receiving treatment at a medical facility operated by the UNIFIL, while another soldier was airlifted to St. George Hospital in Beirut for a serious injury, the Indonesian Military (TNI) confirmed in a press statement.
It is the most serious incident reported so far by the Indonesian contingent at the UNIFIL since Israel’s war spread to Lebanon, and the first Indonesian casualty of the expanded US-Israeli war on Iran.
The area became a new flashpoint in the Mideast war in early March after Iran-affiliated armed group Hezbollah started trading rocket fire with Israel after an Israeli strike killed Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
