{"id":92312,"date":"2026-04-19T06:19:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T11:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/?p=92312"},"modified":"2026-04-19T06:19:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T11:19:22","slug":"idf-confirms-hezbollah-killed-unifil-peacekeeper-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/idf-confirms-hezbollah-killed-unifil-peacekeeper-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF confirms Hezbollah killed UNIFIL peacekeeper in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(<em>JNS.org<\/em>) \u2013 An operational and intelligence assessment found that a Hezbollah terrorist cell&nbsp;<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">opened fire<\/span>&nbsp;on UNIFIL forces a day earlier as they attempted to clear unexploded ordnance in the Al-Ghandouriyah area of southern Lebanon,<br \/>\nthe Israel Defense Forces said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hezbollah_flag.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-54938 size-thumbnail lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hezbollah_flag-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hezbollah_flag-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hezbollah_flag-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hezbollah_flag-144x144.jpg 144w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-54938 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hezbollah_flag-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hezbollah_flag-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hezbollah_flag-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hezbollah_flag-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>A French UNIFIL peacekeeper was killed and three others were wounded in the attack, two of them seriously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Hezbollah terrorist organization continues to exploit the ceasefire to carry out terror activities, while endangering and harming international forces and personnel in Lebanon,\u201d the IDF said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; 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