Ghana peacekeeping battalion hit by missile attacks in Lebanon, Ghana army says
The Hindu
Ghana's peacekeeping battalion in Lebanon suffers missile attacks, critically injuring two soldiers and damaging facilities, reports the army.
The headquarters of Ghana’s United Nations peacekeeping battalion in Lebanon was hit by missile attacks on Friday (March 6, 2026), leaving two soldiers critically injured, Ghana’s armed forces said in a statement.
Lebanon was pulled into the war in the West Asia on Monday (March 2, 2026), when Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel that ignited a new Israeli offensive against the group.
Ghanaian soldiers are deployed as part of the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon.
The statement from Ghana’s armed forces did not say who fired the missiles, but it said Ghana’s Foreign Ministry had protested the incident at U.N. headquarters in New York.
In addition to the two critically injured soldiers, the statement said that another soldier “has been traumatised” while the officers’ mess facility was hit and burned down.
GHANA BATTALION POSITION IN SOUTHERN LEBANON COMES UNDER MISSILE ATTACK pic.twitter.com/TrWFYvj4pX
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