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View all search resultsOutrage after three Indonesian peacekeepers killed
Two other Indonesian UNIFIL were killed in southern Lebanon on Monday, one day after another peacekeeper died in an explosion amid the intensifying Israeli ground invasion.
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A United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) convoy drives on March 23 near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre. The Israeli military said it launched a wave of strikes on Beirut targeting the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, after urging residents of several areas to evacuate. (AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff)
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ondemnation against Israeli attacks in Lebanon have intensified after two more Indonesian peacekeepers were killed in the latest explosion in the southern part of the country, where Israel has been expanding its ground invasion.
The two soldiers were killed on Monday, when an “explosion of unknown origin” struck and destroyed a vehicle operated under the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) flag near the southern Lebanese village of Bani Hayyan, according to a statement issued by the UN force.
The Indonesian Military (TNI) confirmed the attack on Tuesday, identifying the victims as Capt. Zulmi Aditya Iskandar and First Sgt. Muhammad Nur Ichwan. Two other Indonesian Blue Helmets were wounded and have been receiving treatment at St. George Hospital in Beirut.
At the time of the incident, the peacekeepers were traveling in a UNIFIL logistics convoy to reach another Indonesian contingent position in Adchit al-Qusayr, where a separate explosion took place on Sunday. The incident on Sunday killed Chief Pvt. Farizal Rhomadhon and left two other Indonesian personnel wounded.
President Prabowo Subianto, who is on a trip to Japan and South Korea, extended his condolences to the victims in an Instagram Story posted on Tuesday, his first public statement on the incident.
Foreign Minister Sugiono wrote on X on Tuesday that he had spoken directly with UN secretary-general António Guterres, in which the minister condemned the repeated “heinous” and “utterly unacceptable” acts against peacekeepers.
“In this context, we call for an emergency UN Security Council meeting, and for a swift, thorough and transparent investigation,” Sugiono wrote.
