Peacekeepers gather around the coffin of Sean Rooney on Sunday before the repatriation of his body to Ireland. (Credit: Mohammad Azakir/Reuters)
“Hezbollah respects Resolution No. 1701,” which was aimed at ending the 2006 war, Nabil Kaouk, a member of Hezbollah’s political bureau, said on Sunday. Kaouk was commenting on the tragedy that shook southern Lebanon last week after the death of a young Irish UN peacekeeper. He underlined the importance of the resolution adopted by the UN Security Council in 2006, which resolved that summer’s war between Hezbollah and Israel and reaffirmed the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).Sean Rooney, an Irish peacekeeping soldier, was killed late Wednesday evening in the southern village of al-Aaqbiya while he was traveling aboard a convoy of two armored vehicles that came under “small arms fire.” The 23-year-old soldier was shot in the head when seven projectiles pierced the convoy as it headed to Beirut.Officially,...
“Hezbollah respects Resolution No. 1701,” which was aimed at ending the 2006 war, Nabil Kaouk, a member of Hezbollah’s political bureau, said on Sunday. Kaouk was commenting on the tragedy that shook southern Lebanon last week after the death of a young Irish UN peacekeeper. He underlined the importance of the resolution adopted by the UN Security Council in 2006, which resolved that summer’s war between Hezbollah and Israel and reaffirmed the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).Sean Rooney, an Irish peacekeeping soldier, was killed late Wednesday evening in the southern village of al-Aaqbiya while he was traveling aboard a convoy of two armored vehicles that came under “small arms fire.” The 23-year-old soldier was shot in the head when seven projectiles pierced the convoy as it headed to...