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Irish Peacekeepers Assist After Strike on Ghana UN Post
Two Ghanaian peacekeepers were critically injured and another traumatised in missile attacks on their UNIFIL base, with Irish forces aiding evacuation and firefighting, UNIFIL to investigate.
- Friday: Ghana's UNIFIL battalion headquarters in Lebanon was hit by two missile attacks, leaving two soldiers critically injured, Ghana's armed forces said.
- Amid an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel on Monday, pulling Lebanon into the wider West Asia war and prompting an Israeli offensive.
- UNIFIL said three peacekeepers were injured, the most severely transferred to a hospital in Beirut while a fire damaged the officers' mess facility.
- Ghana's Foreign Ministry protested the incident at U.N. headquarters in New York, while Irish Defence Forces personnel of the 127th Infantry Battalion provided casualty evacuation and firefighting assistance.
- UNIFIL warned the strike may amount to a war crime and stressed actors' obligations under international law, while its buffer role faces risks amid the mid-2027 withdrawal timeline.
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