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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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[–] Hegar@fedia.io 55 points 1 week ago (3 children)

have come under fire

Oh, prime example of the weasel-passive.

IDF shoots at Irish peacekeepers is the correct headline.

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 week ago

Hey, you can’t say that! Pretty sure that’s antisemitism!

The correct headline should be IDF defends itself from Hamas, in Lebanon

[–] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

Give credit to the BBC for not saying the IDF "IIrish defence forces" were fired upon in Lebanon while in the vicinity of the Lebanese army. Baby steps