Nepali Peacekeepers Safe Despite Attack on Battalion HQ in Lebanon, Army Confirms

The Nepali Army has stated that Nepali peacekeepers in Lebanon are safe following reports of an airstrike on the Battalion Headquarters of the Nepali peace contingent stationed in Lebanon. The army issued this response after receiving news of the attack on the Nepali peacekeepers' headquarters in Lebanon.

Assistant Major General Rajaram Basnet, Spokesperson for the Nepali Army, informed that although the Nepali peace force was attacked, the soldiers remain safe. He stated that the attack targeted the army camp and caused minor damage to the barracks where Nepali soldiers reside. He confirmed that there were no human casualties in the attack.

 ‘The Nepali peacekeepers are currently safe in the bunker; there is minor damage to the barracks where the soldiers reside; there have been no human casualties,’ Spokesperson Basnet told Ratopati in an interview.

International media outlets had reported on Friday that the Battalion Headquarters of the Nepali peace force, deployed through the UN near the Blue Line in Mays al-Jabal, Lebanon, had been attacked.

War has escalated in West Asia after the United States and Israel jointly attacked Iran, killing top officials including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Following the killing of Supreme Leader Khamenei, the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah has been launching airstrikes from Lebanon into Israel. The Israeli military has not yet commented on the attack against the Nepali peacekeepers.