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Shots fired at Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon (www.bbc.com)

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Irish soldiers, who are serving as peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, have come under fire while on a joint patrol with the Lebanese Armed Forces, the Tánaiste (Irish deputy prime minister) has said.

The incident happened near the Blue Line in South Lebanon.

A number of small arm rounds were fired in the vicinity of the area in which the patrol was operating, the Irish Defence Force said.

There were no reported injuries and no damage to the armoured vehicles they were operating from.

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[–] rumimevlevi@lemmings.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Any country who respect themselves would fight the idf when they target their peacemakers

[–] scathliath@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, but the Irish have a particularly nasty structure around their rules of engagement due to their ongoing policy of diplomatic neutrality. Granted they also just became a nation again (in the country time scale anyway) through a "non-war" that ended many British lives, so I guess we'll see how much they're willing to tank shots before their government officially goes "Alright, peacekeeping for the UN or not, return fire next time."

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Ireland gained independence in 1922 and sovereignty in 1949. This makes it one of the older countries in the world currently.

[–] scathliath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 15 hours ago

Is it actually? Damn the nation state turnover rate is faster than I remember last time I'd checked!