Indonesia receives bodies of peacekeepers killed in Lebanon

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (second right) salutes as relatives of Indonesian peacekeepers who were killed while serving with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, sit near their caskets during an honor ceremony upon the arrival of their bodies at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, on Saturday, April 4, 2026. -- AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim

JKAARTA (AFP): Indonesia received the bodies of three peacekeepers Saturday that were killed on deployment in Lebanon as it branded an explosion that injured three other of its blue helmets as "unacceptable".

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said three peacekeepers were wounded in a blast that occurred inside a UN facility near El Adeisse on Friday afternoon, and rushed to hospital.