Lebanese army members and the United Nations peacekeepers (UNIFIL) stand near of what witnesses stated to be the UNIFIL vehicle that was carrying the Irish soldier who was killed on a UN peacekeeping Patrol, in Al-Aqbieh, south Lebanon December 15, 2022. (Credit: Aziz Taher/AFP)
An Irish UN peacekeeper in Lebanon died from a bullet to the head when seven projectiles pierced his vehicle, a Lebanese judicial source told AFP on Thursday.
Three other peacekeepers in the same vehicle were injured when they hit a pylon and overturned late Wednesday night in a village in the Hezbollah-dominated south of Lebanon, the source said.
An Irish UN peacekeeper in Lebanon died from a bullet to the head when seven projectiles pierced his vehicle, a Lebanese judicial source told AFP on Thursday.
Three other peacekeepers in the same vehicle were injured when they hit a pylon and overturned late Wednesday night in a village in the Hezbollah-dominated south of Lebanon, the source said.
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