Four Ghanaian soldiers on peacekeeping duty in Lebanon sustained injuries as a rocket, “fired most likely by non-State actors within Lebanon” – hit their base “UNP 5-42” in the east of the village of Ramyah in Lebanon on Tuesday.
The UN peacekeeping agency in southern Lebanon said the four peacekeepers were injured when the rocket hit their base, one of three separate incidents in which its troops and bases came under fire on Tuesday [Nov 19].
The four Ghanaian soldiers were injured, with three requiring hospital treatment after the rocket struck the base near the border with Israel, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said. The severity of their injuries is unknown.
In a statement made via a Twitter post formally known as X, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) confirmed the injury of four Ghanaian peacekeepers on duty by a rocket at their base.
According to the UNIFIL, the peacekeepers sustained injuries and three of them have been transferred to a hospital in Tyre for treatment.
They also stated that the attack was not the first of its kind, as the UNIFIL Sector West Headquarters in Shama was impacted by five rockets, which struck the maintenance workshop but injured no one.
By: Yasmin Rafah
