January 29 2015
A United Nations peacekeeper has been killed after an exchange of fire in the border area of southern Lebanon, reports Agence France-Presse.
The peacekeeper was hit Wednesday by a mortar shell following clashes between the Israel Defense Forces and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah group.
The Spanish Embassy in Beirut identified the peacekeeper as a Spanish national.
An Israeli military official confirmed that an Israeli mortar round was the cause of death, reported Israeli's...
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