UNIFIL Peacekeepers Killed in Lebanon Clashes

0:00It's March 31st. Global news today starts now. AI powered and always on. Three Indonesian UN peacekeepers got killed this week in 7-Levenon, turning the latest Israel has block clashes into the deadliest stretch for the UN Interim Force in Levenon or UNIFIL. That's the force deployed back in 1978 with about 7,505 troops from 47 countries right now. Their mandate runs out at the end of 2026 with full withdrawal set for 2027. Two of them died Monday when a roadside bomb hit their convoy near Boni Hayan. Israel's UN ambassador points the finger at Hezbollah explosives, but UNIFIL wants the evidence to check it out. The third was taken out Sunday by a projectile slamming into their base near Adjid Al-Kusair. UNIFIL's job is monitoring the ceasefire from UN Resolution 1701, backing the Lebanese army and stopping illegal arms in the south. But with projectiles

1:00flying non-stop between Israeli forces and groups like Hezbollah, patrols are on hold, and violence keeps raging near their spots. Last peacekeeper death was back in 2022, and Irish soldier shot in his vehicle. Investigations are underway into both attacks. The first fatality since that war last year battered UNIFIL positions without killing anyone. Israel says it's coordinating with the force and warning folks to stay clear, while Hezbollah hasn't commented yet. Post 2024 war, Hezbollah's weakened, Lebanon's new governments pushing to disarm him, starting in the south, and the security. Scenes flipped, so the UN extended UNIFIL one last time. Peacekeepers are holding steady amid the chaos reporting what they can.