Irish peacekeeping troops serving in southern Lebanon have been obliged to go to bunkers at least once a day, every day, over the past five days.
As first reported by RTÉ News, members of the 122nd Infantry Battalion have adopted the precautionary policy due to the spike in exchanges between the Israeli military and the Iranian backed Hezbollah militants.
Addressing the knock-on effect in southern Lebanon, Andrea Tenenti said while things have been"tense and volatile", he did not see"a serious will to escalate the situation" by the parties to the conflict. Israeli has evacuated thousands of Israeli residents who live within two kiliometres of the Lebanese border.
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