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UN preliminary findings point to Israeli tank fire and a likely Hezbollah-placed IED in deaths of three peacekeepers in Lebanon
Summary
A United Nations agency official said preliminary UNIFIL analysis attributes a March 29 projectile that killed a peacekeeper to a 122 mm round fired from an Israeli Merkava tank and assessed a March 30 explosion was caused by a tripwire IED likely placed by Hezbollah; UN boards of inquiry will continue the investigations.
An Agency official at the United Nations said preliminary UNIFIL findings attribute the March 29 projectile that struck a UN position to a 122-millimeter tank main armament round fired by an Israeli Defense Force Merkava tank and assessed that a March 30 explosion that killed peacekeepers was caused by a victim-activated tripwire improvised explosive device likely placed by Hezbollah. "These incidents are unacceptable," the Agency official said, and added that the findings so far have been shared…
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