United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon - Fatalities

Fatalities

UNIFIL's fatalities, which number over 250, include the following nationalities:

  • Belgium: 4,
  • Fiji: 35,
  • Finland: 11,
  • France: 30,
  • Ghana: 29,
  • India: 2,
  • Iran: 1,
  • Ireland: 47,
  • Italy: 6,
  • Lebanon: 6,
  • Malaysia: 1,
  • Nepal: 25,
  • Netherlands: 9,
  • Nigeria: 10,
  • Norway: 21,
  • Philippines: 1,
  • Poland: 7,
  • Senegal: 16,
  • Spain: 7,
  • Sweden: 7,
  • United Kingdom: 3.
Date Incident
31 May 1999: An Irish soldier, Pte. William Kedian was killed when IDF/DFF mortar fire hit a UNIFIL position.
July–August 2006: A total of five UN peacekeepers and staff members are killed by Israeli air and artillery strikes targeting Hezbollah fighters.
25 September 2006: A French engineer officer was killed in a road accident near the town of Sofar.
24 June 2007: Three Colombian and three Spanish soldiers were killed in a bomb blast between Marjayoun and Khiam.
25 July 2007: A French soldier was killed near the village of Shama while clearing unexploded munitions.
11 October 2007: A British man, Craig Appleby (36) was killed while clearing munitions near Bint Jbeil.
12 November 2007: Two French soldiers were wounded as a result of the accidental discharge of a weapon. One of the wounded men subsequently died while being evacuated to Hospital.
15 June 2008: A Spanish soldier was killed and two injured in a road accident.
3 September 2008: A Belgian soldier was killed near the village of Aitaroun while clearing munitions left over from the 2006 conflict.
27 May 2011: 6 Italian soldiers were wounded when their VM-90 military truck was destroyed by a roadside bomb near Sidon.

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