Irish soldier killed in Lebanon

Another soldier has been left fighting for his life in hospital.

Private Kearney is 22 years of age and is a native of Killeagh, Co. He previously served overseas with the 117 Infantry Battalion UNIFIL. Private Sean Rooney joined the Defence Forces in March 2019 and his home unit is the 27 Infantry Battalion in Dundalk.

The soldiers were part of 121st Infantry Battalion, which comprises 333 Irish soldiers, that was deployed in November 2022 to South Lebanon as part of the ...

They are great Killeagh people who are very well known and active in the community,” he said. The two white jeeps with UN markings came under small arms fire in Al-Aqbieh. The remaining four personnel who were part of the convoy, and who are understood to have been travelling in a separate armoured jeep, were not injured and are safe and accounted for. He previously served overseas with the 117 Infantry Battalion. The soldiers were part of 121st Infantry Battalion, which comprises 333 Irish soldiers, that was deployed in November 2022 to South Lebanon as part of the Unifil. Four of the soldiers were injured in the exchange and they were taken to Raee Hospital, near Sidon.

Tributes have been paid this morning to the Irish soldier who was killed on UN peacekeeping duty in Lebanon in a gun attack in Lebanon.

We salute the bravery of all concerned.” “My sincere condolences to his family and friends. “Our thoughts are with the bereaved family, and with the families of the injured.

The Irish soldier was serving on a peacekeeping mission when the convoy came under small arms fire.

“But at the same time, it will not be the first time UNFIL convoy gets involved in some sort of incident with the local population in southern Lebanon. “This is not considered to be their normal route; the main highway is adjacent to this road,” said Khodr. A senior Hezbollah official said an “unintentional incident” had led to the death of an Irish soldier on a UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, saying the armed group was not involved. “The two armoured vehicles effectively got separated. Unfortunately, one of our peacekeepers was killed,” Coveney told Irish national broadcaster RTE. “There was a crowd in the street, it was just after the World Cup match.

BEIRUT — An Irish soldier with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon was killed on Wednesday night during “a serious incident” when his armored ...

The group, allegedly alarmed at seeing the vehicle operating late and outside UNIFIL areas of operation, tried to stop it. The last fatal attack on UNIFIL peacekeeping personnel was in 2007, when six Spanish peacekeepers were killed in a bomb close to the Lebanese-Israeli border. secretary general “to discuss the loss of our peacekeeper and the full investigation that must now follow.” Following the war, the U.N. Behind the vehicle behind him is a store’s half-destroyed shutters. After expressing condolences, it added, “our thoughts are also with the local civilians who may have been injured or frightened in the incident.”