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View all search resultsUN says initial findings show roadside blast killed Indonesian peacekeepers
The two peacekeepers with the UNIFIL force were killed on Monday near Bani Hayyan in south Lebanon and two other soldiers were wounded. Another Indonesian soldier was killed overnight Sunday into Monday when a projectile exploded near one of the group's positions.
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A United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) convoy drives near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on March 23, 2026. 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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nitial findings in a probe into the deaths of two Indonesian peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on March 30 point to a roadside explosion striking their convoy, United Nations peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix told the UN Security Council on Tuesday.
The two peacekeepers with the UNIFIL force were killed on Monday near Bani Hayyan in south Lebanon and two other soldiers were wounded. Another Indonesian soldier was killed overnight Sunday into Monday when a projectile exploded near one of the group's positions.
"UNIFIL is conducting investigations to determine the circumstances of these reprehensible developments," Lacroix told a U.N. Security Council meeting on Lebanon.
The Israeli military said on Tuesday that its review of an incident involving UNIFL troops on Monday concluded that Israeli troops did not place an explosive device in the area and that no troops were present there.
It also called on the UNIFL to avoid a presence in combat zones where it has issued an evacuation warning for civilians.
UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told a briefing a "roadside bomb, most likely an IED," or improvised explosive device, was to blame for the Bani Hayyan incident.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the killing of the peacekeepers, saying that such attacks were "grave violations of international humanitarian law ... and may amount to war crimes."
"There will need to be accountability," he added in a statement.
Indonesia's foreign ministry on Tuesday condemned the attacks "in the strongest terms," adding that they reflected the deteriorating security environment in the region. It said that ongoing Israeli military operations have placed UN peacekeepers in Lebanon at grave risk.
Condemning the "heinous" attacks, Foreign Minister Sugiono said on Tuesday that he had discussed the deaths with Guterres, and asked for an emergency UN Security meeting as well as "a swift, thorough and transparent investigation".
"The safety and security of UN peacekeepers is non-negotiable and must be upheld at all times," said Sugiono.
US envoy to the UN Mike Waltz told the Security Council meeting that since 1978, more than 300 UNIFIL peacekeepers had been killed, showing that the council "must think very carefully about the effectiveness of this effort."
