MIDDLE EAST LIVE 30 March: UN peacekeepers killed amid Israel-Hezbollah clashes
UN Photo/Pasqual Gorriz
Smoke rises in Beirut, Lebanon, following the outbreak of hostilities across the Middle East.
Further attacks have been reported across the Middle East as the war enters a second month, with two more Indonesian peacekeepers killed in Southern Lebanon on Monday, following the death of a fellow ‘blue helmet’ a day earlier. On the diplomatic front, the UN has announced a taskforce to restore the flow of fertilizer and aid through the Strait of Hormuz, while the UN's atomic watchdog confirms an attack on a heavy water facility at Khondab in Iran. Stay with us for live updates on this and UN agencies. App users can follow coverage here.
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