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Two United Nations peacekeepers lost their lives Monday when an explosion destroyed their vehicle in southern Lebanon, according to the UN peacekeeping mission known as UNIFIL.<\/p>

The blast, described by officials as having an “unknown origin,” also left a third peacekeeper with severe injuries while a fourth sustained lesser wounds. The deadly incident occurred in the vicinity of Bani Haiyyan municipality.<\/p>

This marks the second fatal attack on UN peacekeeping forces within a 24-hour period. Just one day earlier, another UNIFIL peacekeeper was killed when an explosive projectile detonated at a UN position in a village in southern Lebanon.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed Monday when an explosion of unknown cause destroyed their vehicle in southern Lebanon. The deadly incident marks the second fatal attack on UN forces in the region within 24 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":44618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774891336126.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-bBF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45235,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/roadside-bomb-kills-two-un-peacekeepers-in-southern-lebanon\/","url_meta":{"origin":44619,"position":0},"title":"Roadside Bomb Kills Two UN Peacekeepers in Southern Lebanon","author":"Admin","date":"March 31, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Two Indonesian peacekeepers were killed and two others wounded when a roadside bomb struck their convoy in southern Lebanon on Monday. 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