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UN: Israeli shell killed Indonesian peacekeepers in southern Lebanon

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Clashes and attacks along the Israeli border in southern Lebanon prevent locals from carrying out the long-awaited olive harvest, as residents of Aadaysit in Nabatieh manage to collect olives under the protection of United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL), on October 20, 2025. [Houssam Shbaro – Anadolu Agency]

The UNIFIL announced that an investigation has concluded that three Indonesian peacekeepers were killed by a shell fired from an Israeli tank.

According to UNIFIL, analysis of the impact site and recovered shrapnel confirmed that the projectile was a 120mm shell fired from an Israeli Merkava tank, launched from the east toward the town of Taybeh.

The mission noted that it had previously provided the Israeli army with the coordinates of all its positions and facilities on 6th March and again on 22nd March, as part of efforts to reduce risks to its personnel.

In a related incident, UNIFIL reported that the Israeli army detained one of its peacekeepers after intercepting a logistics convoy, before releasing him less than an hour later following urgent contacts by UN command.

The mission condemned the detention as a “flagrant violation of international law,” stressing that any obstruction of peacekeeping operations breaches UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which guarantees freedom of movement for UN forces in southern Lebanon.

Separately, UNIFIL confirmed that another peacekeeper was killed on 29th March when a shell struck a UN position near Adshit al-Qusayr, with another seriously wounded. At the time, the source of the shell was unknown, prompting the investigation.

The findings come amid ongoing Israeli aggression on Lebanon and heightened risks facing UN peacekeeping forces operating in the area.

READ: Lebanon declares Thursday day of mourning after Israeli air strikes

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Israel attacks UN peacekeepers in Lebanon and builds illegal wall within its borders

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Original article by Aseel Saleh republished from peoples dispatch under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA) license.

UN peacekeepers operating in Lebanon with the goal of “restoring state authority and ensuring lasting stability”. Photo: UNIFIL/X

Israel’s repeated violations of its neighbors’ sovereignty without being held accountable by the UN Security Council, confirm once again its guaranteed impunity.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said in a press release on Sunday, November 16, that some of its troops were targeted by Israeli artillery shelling earlier that day inside the Lebanese territories.

The peacekeeping mission clarified that its personnel escaped the offensive unharmed, after asking the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) to stop the assault through liaison channels.

The UNIFIL considered the incident, which marks the third Israeli attack on its troops in the last three months, a serious violation of the Security Council resolution 1701, which was adopted in 2006 to resolve the war between Israel and Hezbollah.

For its part, the IOF claimed that it misidentified the targeted peacekeepers due to poor visibility caused by weather conditions, after spotting two suspects in southern Lebanon, which entailed firing “warning shots” to disperse them.

However, the repeated assaults by the IOF against the mission for over a year exposes Israel’s systematic targeting of United Nations personnel, not only in Lebanon but also in other parts of the region, particularly Gaza.

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Lebanon to file complaint against Israel for building a wall on the southern Lebanese border

Besides its daily airstrikes across Lebanon, and the recurrent attacks on UNIFIL troops, Israel has also committed another violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty by building a concrete wall that crosses the UN-demarcated Blue Line.

In response to the blatant violation, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, issued directives to the concerned government officials to file an urgent complaint against Israel with the UN Security Council.

A UNIFIL report that refutes Israel’s denial of building the wall, and confirms that the wall has made 4,000 square meters of Lebanese land inaccessible to the residents in the affected area, will be enclosed in the complaint.

“Israeli presence and construction in Lebanese territory are violations of Security Council resolution 1701 and of Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.” The UNIFIL asserted in the report.

It further reiterated its call on the IOF “to respect the Blue Line in its full length and withdraw from all areas north of it.”

Original article by Aseel Saleh republished from peoples dispatch under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA) license.

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