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Family members of Indonesian soldier Farizal Rhomadhon beside his coffin on April 4. He was was killed while serving with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon.
PHOTO: AFP
JAKARTA – The Indonesian military (TNI) is open to the possibility of reducing the number of peacekeepers deployed to Lebanon in May, as more Indonesian blue helmets were injured in the southern part of the country amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East.
Three Indonesian soldiers serving in the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were wounded on April 3 in a blast at a UN facility near El Adeisse in southern Lebanon, with two of them seriously injured. The cause of the blast remains under investigation, according to UNIFIL.
