UNIFIL soldiers at their base in Naqoura, southern Lebanon, in October 2025. Photo Matthieu Karam/L'Orient-Le Jour
Ghana filed a protest with the United Nations on Saturday, a day after an attack in southern Lebanon that injured its peacekeepers, denouncing it as “a grave violation of international law equivalent to a war crime,” according to a statement from Ghana’s Foreign Ministry.
The ministry said it “strongly” condemned Friday’s attack and had submitted a formal protest to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, calling for “a full, immediate, impartial and transparent investigation.”
Ghana said it expects “those responsible to be identified and held accountable, as this attack constitutes a grave violation of international law, is equivalent to a war crime and undermines the protections granted to United Nations peacekeeping personnel.”
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said Friday evening that three peacekeepers were wounded inside their base in al-Qaouzah.
Ghana’s military said two soldiers were seriously injured and another was traumatized, adding that they were receiving care while awaiting evacuation to a UN hospital and were in stable condition.
The building housing the officers’ mess was also hit and burned down completely, the military said.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun accused Israel of carrying out “a direct attack against UNIFIL,” while French President Emmanuel Macron condemned “an unacceptable attack” on the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon.
Since March 1978, UNIFIL peacekeepers have served as a buffer between Israel and Lebanon.
The United Nations plans to withdraw most of its soldiers from the country by mid-2027, with the mission’s mandate set to expire at the end of that year.
