UN peacekeepers

UN peacekeepers

An Israeli tank is positioned on the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border, March 18, 2025 REUTERS/Avi Ohayon/File Photo

Israeli forces open fire on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, no injuries reported

Israeli soldiers had opened fire on two suspects in the El Hamames area near the Israeli border, only later realising that they were UN peacekeepers

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Fund shortfall forces major cuts to UN peacekeeping missions

Spanish peacekeeping officers stand in formation during Spain's defence minister Margarita Robles' visit to the Spanish United Nations Interim Forces (UNIFIL) in Marjaayoun, Southern Lebanon January 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

UN to slash a quarter of peacekeepers globally over lack of funds

Major General (retired) Fazle Elahi Akbar. Sketch: TBS

A promise kept in a land divided by war

UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles drive in the Lebanese village of Wazzani near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon, July 6, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Taher/File Photo

Trump administration proposes scrapping UN peacekeeping funding

Rescuers work at a site damaged by an Israeli air strike in the Christian-majority region of Aitou in north Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry said, October 14, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim

Israel strikes north Lebanon town, UN expresses concern about peacekeepers

Thick smoke rises over Beirut's southern suburbs from a generator that caught fire, according to residents, as seen from Baabda, Beirut, Lebanon, October 12, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki

UN says Israeli tanks burst through gates of peacekeeper base

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony marking Memorial Day for fallen soldiers of Israel's wars and victims of attacks, at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery, May 13, 2024. Photo: GIL COHEN-MAGEN/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Netanyahu tells UN chief to move peacekeepers in Lebanon out of 'harm's way immediately'

A Lebanese Red Cross ambulance moves past armored vehicles of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) during their patrol around Marjayoun in south Lebanon on October 8, 2024. Photo: AFP

UN reports fifth peacekeeper wounded in Lebanon

People look at the damage at the site of an Israeli air strike in Beirut, Lebanon, October 11. Photo: REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki

Israeli strike wounds two UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

A view shows a damaged site in the aftermath of Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Lebanon October 11, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

France summons Israeli envoy over attack on Lebanon UN peacekeepers

UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles are seen parked in Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, in southern Lebanon August 9, 2024. REUTERS/Karamallah Daher/File Photo

UN peacekeepers in Lebanon say 'we are staying' despite Israeli attacks

An Israeli Army tank is transported, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in northern Israel, October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Israeli forces fire at UN peacekeeper positions in south Lebanon, peacekeepers say