US EditionUN Security Council to meet after peacekeeper deaths in Lebanon
France called for an urgent UN Security Council meeting after attacks killed three Indonesian UNIFIL peacekeepers amid escalating Israel-Hezbollah conflict, with 97 peacekeepers killed since 1978.
- On Tuesday, the UN Security Council is set to discuss the situation in southern Lebanon after three peacekeepers were killed in less than 24 hours, although responsibility remains unclear.
- Israel continues its invasion of southern Lebanon, aiming to push Hezbollah militants back from the border in a campaign officials suggest could become a prolonged occupation.
- President Donald Trump claimed the U.S. is negotiating with Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, though Qalibaf denied any talks and alleged reports were a cover for American troop deployments.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi insisted Tuesday that Iranian attacks target only America, not Saudi Arabia, attempting to ease regional tensions amid growing Gulf Arab anger.
- Oil prices climb amid uncertainty over when the war will end, while Trump threatened widespread destruction of Iranian energy infrastructure if a deal is not reached shortly.
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UN Security Council to meet after peacekeeper deaths in Lebanon
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said two of its personnel were killed Monday in an explosion and another died late Sunday when a projectile hit their position. The UN force said it launched an investigation into the separate incidents.
The United Nations must meet urgently on Tuesday after the death of three peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, where Israel announced the death of four of its troops on Tuesday.
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The Latest: Fighting as Israel invades Lebanon kills UN peacekeepers and Israeli troops
Fighting as Israel invades southern Lebanon killed U.N. peacekeepers and Israeli soldiers, officials said Tuesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian officials issued contradictory statements about negotiations to end
Within 48 hours, three members of the United Nations force were killed in southern Lebanon.
At the request of France, the UN Security Council meets this Tuesday as a matter of urgency after the death of threefinul peacekeepers in an area in Lebanon where Israel and Hezbollah are fighting
Three Indonesian peacekeepers have been killed in southern Lebanon in recent days, in an intense area of confrontation between Israel and the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement.
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