Indonesian killed in Lebanon while on UN peacekeeping mission

The UN peacekeeping ⁠mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said ⁠a peacekeeper was killed when a ⁠projectile exploded at one of its positions near the southern Lebanese village of Adchit al-Qusayr on Sunday.Another peacekeeper was critically injured, it said in a statement early on Monday.Indonesia’s foreign ministry said on Monday the deceased peacekeeper was one of ‌its citizens and that three others were injured by indirect artillery fire in the vicinity of the Indonesian UNIFIL contingent’s position near Adchit al-Qusayr.“We do not know the origin of the projectile. We have launched an investigation to determine all of the circumstances,” UNIFIL said.UNIFIL is stationed in southern Lebanon to monitor hostilities along the demarcation line with ⁠Israel – an area that is at the heart of clashes between Israeli troops and Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters.Indonesian peacekeepers, members of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), attend a ceremony at their headquarters in southern Lebanon in 2022. Photo: AFPThe ‌mission, which will be halted at the end of 2026, has been sporadically caught in the crosshairs of both Israel and Hezbollah over the last ‌couple of years.