Camp housing Maltese soldiers in Lebanon struck by rocket, nobody injured - reports
A rocket has struck a military camp in Lebanon where seven Maltese peacekeeping soldiers are based, the Times of Malta reports, adding that all seven are safe and unharmed.The seven are based in Camp Shamrock. The newspaper quotes an AFM spokesp
A rocket has struck a military camp in Lebanon where seven Maltese peacekeeping soldiers are based, the Times of Malta reports, adding that all seven are safe and unharmed.
The seven are based in Camp Shamrock. The newspaper quotes an AFM spokesperson as saying that at around 4.10pm yesterday, a misfire from north of the blue line led to an unexploded ordnance landing within the Irish compound. It states that this ordnance was immediately detonated. "Another unexploded ordnance, located 20 metres outside the compound, has also been safely detonated. The area is now secure," the Times quotes the spokesperson as saying.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon is an Irish camp located near the border with Israel, and has soldiers from a number of countries including Poland and Malta. The article states that the rocket was a make associated with Hezbollah, and states that nobody was hurt.