UNIFIL ship docked in Beirut port was damaged and naval peacekeepers were injured


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  • Wednesday, 05 Aug 2020

A satellite image shows the port of Beirut, Lebanon July 31, 2020, picture taken July 31, 2020 Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies/via REUTERS.

CAIRO (Reuters) - A UNIFIL maritime task force ship that was docked in Beirut port was damaged and some UNIFIL naval peacekeepers were injured, some of them seriously, in a huge explosion in the Lebanese capital, the United Nations interim Force in Lebanon said in a statement on Tuesday.

"UNIFIL is transporting the injured peacekeepers to the nearest hospitals for medical treatment," the statement said.

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