South #Lebanon: #UNIFIL soldier killed, three others injured in a confrontation with #Hezbollah militants

Last night close to midnight, a UNIFIL peacekeeping vehicle driving from #Beirut to the south of Lebanon passed through the town of al-Aaqbiyeh, a Hezbollah... (1/4)
stronghold located south of Sidon.

Residents of the town were "called to the scene" to try and stop the vehicle, claiming that it deviated from the usual route UNIFIL forces take. The driver refused to stop and locals opened fire on the vehicle, which lost control and... (2/4)
crashed, killing one of the soldiers and inuring three (the attached clip shows one of the wounded UNIFIL soldiers).

Sources supporting Hezbollah are trying to portray the incident as an "unfortunate car accident". UNIFIL announced that it will investigate the... (3/4)
incident in cooperation with the Lebanese army.

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