Irish troops in Lebanon 'continue to perform their duties' despite escalated tensions

Military tensions have escalated after a missile struck a football pitch in Israeli-seized territory in the Golan Heights.

Irish troops serving in a UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon “continue to perform their duties” despite fears that an expected Israeli retaliation to a rocket attack could spark a wider, and devastating, military conflict.

The statement from the Defence Forces comes as Tánaiste and Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin “urged” Irish citizens in Lebanon to get commercial flights out.