Irish peacekeepers involved in medical response following Lebanon blast

The men and women of the 123rd Infantry Battalion at Kilkenny Castle, prior to their departure for a six-month deployment to Lebanon as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.

Irish peacekeepers have been involved in treating those injured in an explosion near a UN military patrol in Lebanon.

Three UN military observers and a Lebanese interpreter were injured in the blast near Rmeish on the southern Lebanon border on Saturday. None were Irish.