March 30 (UPI) -- A United Nations peacekeeper from Indonesia was killed and another was critically injured when a projectile exploded in southern Lebanon, officials said Monday.
The peacekeeper, who served with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, was killed Sunday night near Adchit Al Qusayr, close to Lebanon's southern border with Israel, UNIFIL said in a statement. The second peacekeeper of unknown nationality was critically injured, it said.
Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militia, have been trading cross-border attacks on and off for years, with their fight intensifying after Israel's war against Iran-proxy militia Hamas in Gaza. A fragile cease-fire reached in November 2024 crumbled earlier this month amid the larger U.S.-Israeli war against Iran and fighting resumed between the two sides.
Since March 2, Israel has launched a renewed offensive on southern Lebanon, killing at least 1,230 people and wounding more than 3,540 more as of Sunday, Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health said in a statement Monday.
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