Threat LensExplosivesMine blast in Lebanon injures UNIFIL Blue Helmet

Mine blast in Lebanon injures UNIFIL Blue Helmet

Type of event:
Explosive Ordnance
Threat LensExplosivesWorldMiddle East and North Africa
By Elga Marvelli

Victims

Wounded

1

Date

March 19, 2025

What happened

ANSA sources, citing the Lebanese state news agency National News Agency, reported that a member of the United Nations peacekeeping force was injured in a mine explosion between the villages of Zibqine and Yater, near the border with Israel, in the south of the country. Andrea Tenenti, spokesman for the UNIFIL peacekeeping force, confirmed that a peacekeeper was injured during an operational activity and was taken to a hospital in Beirut for surgery. No further details have been released at this time.

Where it happened

Main sources

https://www.msn.com/it-it/notizie/mondo/unifil-casco-blu-ferito-in-esplosione-mina-nel-libano/ar-AA1BeoMP?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=2eddfce865f94c2988fae9e7ed3cabc7&ei=12

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