Peacekeeper Farizal Rhomadhon, 28, died when a projectile exploded on Mar 29 in southern Lebanon, where Israel and Hezbollah have been fighting since Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war.
A UN security source told AFP on condition of anonymity Tuesday that fire from an Israeli tank was responsible for that attack.
A day later, two more Indonesian peacekeepers – 33-year-old Zulmi Aditya Iskandar and Muhammad Nur Ichwan, 26 – died after an explosion struck a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) logistics convoy, also in southern Lebanon.
“UNACCEPTABLE”
As Indonesia mourned its fallen soldiers, UNIFIL said three more peacekeepers were wounded in a blast at a UN facility near El Adeisse on Friday afternoon, and rushed to hospital.
The UN Information Centre in Jakarta said the “origin of the explosion” was unknown but identified the injured soldiers as Indonesian.
“Repeated attacks or incidents of this kind are unacceptable,” the Indonesian foreign ministry said in a statement.
The government urged the UN Security Council “to immediately convene a meeting of troop-contributing countries to UNIFIL to conduct a review and take measures to enhance the protection of personnel serving with UNIFIL”.
