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No injuries reported as rocket hits Camp Shamrock base for hundreds of Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon

The camp where Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon are based has been struck by a rocket, it has been confirmed.

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File image of Irish UNIFIL peacekeepers at Camp Shamrock in Lebanon. Photo: Niall Carson.

The camp where Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon are based has been struck by a rocket, it has been confirmed.

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Hopes for a US-brokered 60-day truce to halt Israel&s intensifying war against Hezbollah in Lebanon

US mediators are working on a proposal to halt hostilities between Israel and Lebanon&s Hezbollah, starting with a 60-day ceasefire, two sources said yesterday, as Israel pressed its offensive by bombarding the historic Lebanese city of Baalbek.

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Explainer: Everything we know about Israel's ban on UN Palestinian aid agency UNRWA

Israel's parliament has banned the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA from operating in the country, effective in 90 days.

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‘It&s time to stop this horror of history& & President Higgins hits out after Israeli ban on UN aid agency UNRWA

President Higgins has said it is &time to stop this horror of history& after Israeli legislators passed laws that could threaten the work of the main UN agency providing aid in Gaza.

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Israeli blitz in north Gaza ‘has left 100,000 civilians trapped&

Israeli tanks thrust deeper into two north Gaza towns and a historic refugee camp yesterday, trapping around 100,000 civilians, the Palestinian emergency service said, in what the military said were operations to eliminate regrouping Hamas militants.

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