Overview
- UNIFIL said an explosion destroyed a peacekeeping vehicle near Bani Hayyan in southern Lebanon, killing two soldiers and injuring two others.
- Earlier, a projectile detonated at a UNIFIL base near Adchit Al Qusayr, killing an Indonesian peacekeeper and leaving another in critical condition.
- The UN said the origin of both blasts remains unknown and opened formal investigations, as peace operations chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix condemned the attacks.
- Indonesia condemned the killing of its soldier and demanded a transparent inquiry, and Spain’s defense minister said the Bani Hayyan blast hit a convoy in a sector under Spanish command.
- Fighting between Hezbollah and the Israeli military has intensified in the area where UNIFIL patrols, and the mission has reported strikes and missile debris hitting its sites, putting its personnel at growing risk.