Defence Forces personnel in Lebanon ‘safe and accounted for’ as Israeli air strikes intensify [Video]

A SPOKESPERSON FOR the Defence Forces has confirmed that all Irish soldiers currently deployed in Lebanon are “safe and accounted for”.

It comes as the Irish Defence Forces in Lebanon are providing Government with regular updates of their situation after more than 180 Lebanese people were killed in Israeli air strikes today.

At least 356 people have been killed and over 1,000 more have been wounded in deadly airstrikes in Lebanon by Israel, according to the local health ministry.

The Israeli military fired on more than 300 sites in Lebanon that it claims members of the militant group of Hezbollah are residing, as the situation along the Blue Line remains fraught. 

This follows a week of escalating violence between the Israeli Defence Forces and Intelligence Services and Hezbollah.

A spokesperson for the Defence Forces said that its members are actively monitoring the situation. Personnel from the 124 Infantry Battalion are continuing to carry out their operations in the area where it is possible to do so.

“Our …