Max International: Lebanon rocket attack injures four Ghanaians

Four Ghanaian soldiers on peacekeeping duty in Lebanon sustained injuries as a rocket, “fired most likely by non-State actors within Lebanon” – hit their base “UNP 5-42” in the east of the village of Ramyah in Lebanon on Tuesday.

The UN peacekeeping agency in southern Lebanon said the four peacekeepers were injured when the rocket hit their base, one of three separate incidents in which its troops and bases came under fire on Tuesday, November 20, 2024.

The four Ghanaian soldiers were injured, with three requiring hospital treatment, after the rocket struck the base near the border with Israel, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said. The severity of their injuries is unknown.

Information gathered from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in the Middle East indicates that the Ghanaian soldiers, currently in Lebanon and engaged in a UN peacekeeping mission are responding to treatment.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) which is staging a ground invasion of southern Lebanon against Hezbollah, blamed the Lebanese armed group for both incidences of rocket fire. Hezbollah has not commented.

The report indicates that an Artillery Rocket, which was fired from an unknown location towards an Israeli Defence Force position at the W413 position, dropped shot and fell inside a Ghanbatt position, that is the Ghana Battalion position, at the UNP 5-42.

The Artillery Rocket caused damages to some parts of the washroom and troops accommodation and injured the soldiers.