{"id":332841,"date":"2026-03-06T23:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/332841\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T23:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:30:07","slug":"taoiseach-condemns-reckless-strike-on-peacekeeping-base-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/332841\/","title":{"rendered":"Taoiseach condemns \u2018reckless strike\u2019 on peacekeeping base in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Taoiseach has condemned a \u201creckless attack\u201d on a United Nations interim force (Unifil) base in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Miche\u00e1l Martin said all Irish personnel serving with the UN peacekeeping mission in the country close to the border with Israel remain safe and accounted for.<\/p>\n<p>According to RT\u00c9, the headquarters of Ghana\u2019s peacekeeping battalion in southern Lebanon was hit by missile attacks, leaving two soldiers critically injured.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u00d3glaigh na h\u00c9ireann can confirm that all Irish personnel deployed in Southern Lebanon are well and accounted for. Irish troops and bases were not targeted in the attack today on UNIFIL personnel. All necessary force protection measures continue be to observed. We condemn any\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5LaJAXOXi2\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/5LaJAXOXi2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u00d3glaigh na h\u00c9ireann (@defenceforces) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/defenceforces\/status\/2029980520759841224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Irish Defence Forces said Irish troops and bases were \u201cnot targeted in the attack today on Unifil personnel\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll necessary force protection measures continue to be to observed,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe condemn any attack on Unifil personnel and remind all parties of their responsibility to ensure the safety and security of peacekeepers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin echoed the condemnation, saying he \u201cstrongly condemns the reckless strike on a Unifil base in southern Lebanon\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe role of peacekeepers is sacrosanct and all should go above and beyond to prevent them from coming into harm\u2019s way,\u201d he said in a statement on the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to pay tribute to the courage, resilience and professionalism of the Irish peacekeepers who came to the aid of their Ghanaian colleagues today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been briefed on the latest situation, and all Irish personnel serving in Lebanon remain safe and accounted for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Taoiseach has condemned a \u201creckless attack\u201d on a United Nations interim force (Unifil) base in southern Lebanon.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-332841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}