The Mirror established that the 338 Irish members of 122 Infantry Battalion and Polish, Hungarian and Maltese colleagues based at two sites in southern Lebanon, all took shelter.
Hundreds of Irish peacekeepers took shelter in reinforced bunkers yesterday – after Israel attacked Hezbollah targets in their area of operations.
Israel has pounded Gaza in revenge and killed more than 4,000 people – but has also been squaring off against the armed group Hezbollah, which is based in southern Lebanon, including the Irish area of operations. That village is just 4km from the main Irish camp – and soldiers there and their colleagues in post 6-52 all had to take cover.
It claimed to have killed “dozens” of key Hamas fighters. Among them is believed to be a “rocket team” kingpin from the terror network.In a further sign that Hamas can expect no mercy, the Israeli Mossad and Shin Bet foreign and domestic intelligence agencies have formed an elite revenge squad. One medic at central Gaza’s al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said: “We don’t have enough shrouds for the bodies because the numbers are huge.With cross-border missile exchanges over the Lebanon and Gaza border, a strike on Syria and sporadic violence in the West Bank Israel is now facing attack on four fronts.
Gaza’s Health Ministry claims there have been 4,651 Palestinians killed, including 1,873 children, and 14,245 injured since the conflict began when Hamas fighters burst out of the enclave to massacre Israelis and shower rockets on their towns.There are growing concerns for the 203 hostages being held in Gaza.