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  India backs joint statement strongly condemning Israeli attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

  World | October 13, 2024 16:37 IST

  Five peacekeepers have been injured in three separate incidents since Thursday, the peacekeeping mission UNIFIL has said. The joint statement, co-signed by 34 countries, strongly condemned the attacks on UNIFIL peacekeepers and said such actions must be investigated.

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  29 killed in latest Israeli bombardment in Gaza; UN peacekeepers in Lebanon hit again

  World | October 13, 2024 10:44 IST

  The Israeli military published new evacuation orders on Saturday to two neighbourhoods on the northern edge of Gaza City, as Palestinian and UN officials said no place was safe. Israel's ongoing offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon injured a third UN peacekeeper, prompting strong condemnation.

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  Israeli strikes kill 22, injure UN peacekeepers in Beirut as Hezbollah leader evades assassination

  World | October 11, 2024 12:20 IST

  The Israeli military said it was looking into the reported strikes. Israeli airstrikes have been far more common in Beirut's tightly packed southern suburbs, where Hezbollah bases many of its operations.

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  2 BSF personnel part of UN peacekeeping mission killed during violent protests in DR Congo

  India | July 27, 2022 10:31 IST

  Congo violent protests: The two soldiers were part of MONUSCO - the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in DR Congo. Both the deceased Bravehearts were in the rank of head constable and hailed from Rajasthan.

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  UN Peacekeepers regularly trade sex for medicine and food

  World | June 12, 2015 10:47 IST

  United Nations: Members of a U.N. peacekeeping mission engaged in "transactional sex" with more than 225 Haitian women who said they needed to do so to obtain things like food and medication, a sign that

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  UN peacekeeper killed in eastern Congo fighting

  World | August 29, 2013 10:51 IST

  Kinshasa, Congo: United Nations forces and the Congolese army attacked rebel positions with helicopter gunships, armored personnel carriers and a phalanx of ground troops Wednesday, ramping up the U.N.'s engagement in the latest rebellion to