Three UN peacekeepers killed in Lebanon as Israeli strikes pummel south

Three United Nations peacekeepers from Indonesia were killed in two separate incidents in southern Lebanon after a bloody weekend in which Lebanese journalists and medics were killed in Israeli strikes.Two peacekeepers were killed on Monday after an explosion from an unknown origin destroyed their vehicle near Bani Hayyan in south Lebanon, the UN peacekeeping force UNIFIL said in a statement. Two other soldiers were wounded in the blast.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Earlier, another Indonesian soldier was killed overnight Sunday into Monday when a projectile exploded by one of the group’s positions by the southern Lebanese village of Adchit al-Qusayr. Another peacekeeper was critically injured at the time.The death on Sunday was the first among the UN’s peacekeeping force in the new war between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah which erupted on March 2.“These are two separate incidents and we are investigating them as two

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