288 United Nations peacekeeping soldiers have been sacrificed in Lebanon
BEIRUT, Aug. 30 (Xinhua Ren Ke UAE) United Nations Interim Force in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) spokesman 尼拉吉辛格 30 in southern Lebanon that UNIFIL, Lebanon itself Since the deployment of United Nations peacekeeping force in the south, has 288 peacekeeping soldiers in Lebanon gave their precious lives.
Singh said that the UNIFIL since 1978 to deploy in southern Lebanon since the loss is enormous, to the last week, a total of 288 countries in the implementation of peacekeeping soldiers lost their lives during the mission.
UNIFIL was established in 1978, and was then deployed in south Lebanon border area. In 2006, under Security Council Resolution 1701, the size of the force from 2,000 in 1978 to more than 13,000, its area extended from the border areas to the north of the Litani river bank.
