Top commander with UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon is injured by protesters

The outgoing deputy commander of the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, Maj. Gen. Chok Bahadur Dhakal, was injured in an attack by protesters on a UNIFIL convoy heading to the Beirut airport. The Lebanese army intervened to disperse the protesters, and Maj. Gen. Hassan Odeh promised to arrest those responsible. The attack came amid protests over the revocation of permission for an Iranian plane to land in Beirut, with tensions rising ahead of the deadline for Israel and Hezbollah to fully implement a ceasefire agreement.

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