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Indonesia calls for stronger protection for peacekeepers in Lebanon

This handout photograph, taken and released by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), shows comrades carrying the coffin of 31-year-old Indonesian Corporal Rico Pramudia as he is honoured during a ceremony held at the International Airport in the Lebanese capital Beirut on April 26, 2026. The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, announced on April 24, 2026, that an Indonesian blue helmet died in hospital of wounds suffered on March 29 in an attack on his base. "UNIFIL deplores the passing today of Corporal Rico Pramudia, who was critically injured following a projectile explosion in his base in Adchit Al Qusayr on the night of 29 March," the force said in a statement. His death brings to six the number of peacekeepers killed since the start of the most recent war between Israel and Hezbollah on March 2. (Photo by Haidar Fahs / UNIFIL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / UNIFIL /HANDOUT / Haidar Fahs" - HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Comrades carrying the coffin of 31-year-old Indonesian peacekeeper Rico Pramudia as he is honoured during a ceremony held at Beirut International Airport on April 26.

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JAKARTA - Indonesia has demanded that the United Nations evaluate the safety and protection mechanism for its peacekeeping forces in Lebanon after the death of the fourth Indonesian peacekeeper from injuries in an unprovoked Israeli military attack in late March.

On April 24, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced the death of Chief Private Rico Pramudia, a 31-year-old Indonesian peacekeeper, after undergoing intensive treatment at St George Hospital in Beirut for his wounds due to an Israeli strike near Lebanese city Aadchit Al Qusayr on March 29.

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