UNIFIL Peacekeeper Killed in Lebanon Crossfire

0:00It's March 29th. I'm Corey with The Story, and this is Global News Today, World News Powered by AI. A UN peacekeeper got killed and another one's in critical condition after a projectile blew up at their position near the southern Lebanese village of, Atchit Al-Kusair, this past Sunday. You in I-File, the peacekeeping force there, says they don't know where the projectile came from yet, but they've kicked off an investigation to figure out. Exactly what went down. These spokes are posted up in southern Lebanon to keep watch on the line with Israel right in the middle of ongoing fights between Israeli forces and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants, and the mission wraps up at the end of 2026. Unifiles been getting caught in the crossfire more often lately, like earlier this month on March 6th when a Ghanaian battalion base took missile. Hits from Israeli tank fire response to Hezbollah attacks that hurt two Israeli soldiers, leaving two peacekeepers badly wounded. Once again, they're urging everyone involved to stick to international

1:01law and keep UN staff out of harm's way amid this escalating mess that pulled. Lebanon into the wider Middle East conflict, back on March 2nd. Stay tuned as more details drop from that probe.