In a statement the United National Interim Force in lebanon (UNIFIL) said the soldier was killed in Marjayoun in the south-eastern area of the country.

A UN peacekeeper serving in Lebanon died early Thursday after mortar fire on his position near Marjayoun in the country’s southeast, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has announced.

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