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UNIFIL Says One Peacekeeper Killed, Two Wounded in Shelling in South Lebanon

DUBAI, June ⁠4 (Reuters) – ⁠A ⁠U.N. peacekeeper in ​Lebanon died ‌on Thursday from ‌wounds ⁠sustained ⁠when mortar shells hit ​his position near ​Marjayoun in southeastern Lebanon ⁠late ⁠the previous ⁠night, the ​U.N. peacekeeping mission ​UNIFIL ⁠said.

UNIFIL, which did not ⁠say where the shells originated, said ⁠two other peacekeepers were wounded and that it had opened an ⁠investigation into the incident.

(Reporting by Jana Choukeir; ​Editing by Alex ​Richardson)

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