UNIFIL says one peacekeeper killed

The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) cinfirmed a peacekeeper was killed when a projectile exploded at one of its positions near the southern Lebanese village of Adchit al-Qusayr on Sunday.



Another peacekeeper was critically injured.



Accordingto UNIFIL "We do not know the origin of the projectile. We have launched an investigation to determine all of the circumstances,".



UNIFIL is stationed in southern Lebanon to monitor hostilities along the demarcation line with Israel - an area that is at the heart of clashes between Israeli troops and Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters.



The mission, which will be halted at the end of 2026, has been sporadically caught in the crosshairs of both Israel and Hezbollah over the last couple of years.



Recent incidents underscored the risks.



On March 6, Ghana's armed forces said the headquarters of its U.N. peacekeeping battalion in Lebanon was hit by missile attacks, leaving two soldiers critically injured.



Israel's military later acknowledged that its tank fire had hit a U.N. position in southern Lebanon that day, wounding the Ghanaian peacekeepers.