Less than a week after the previous incident, a third explosion inside a United Nations facility in southern Lebanon injured three more Indonesian soldiers. These bloody incidents have prompted calls from Indonesian authorities for an investigation and security guarantees for peacekeepers. The Ministry of Foreign stated that the attacks are 'unacceptable,' urging the Security Council to 'urgently convene a meeting of troop-contributing countries to UNIFIL to conduct a review and take measures to enhance the protection of force personnel.' The ministry also called on contributing countries 'to cease violence in Lebanon, reduce tensions, and encourage the parties to return to the negotiating table to reach a peaceful settlement.' Earlier, in late March, three Indonesian peacekeepers were killed in two separate explosions in southern Lebanon. Jakarta - AFP – Indonesia announced on Friday that it, along with dozens of allied countries, had submitted a joint statement on the security of UN peacekeepers to the United Nations, following the killing of three of its soldiers serving in the UNIFIL contingent in Lebanon. In the statement, the countries urged the Security Council to conduct a thorough investigation into the incidents in southern Lebanon that resulted in the deaths of three Indonesian peacekeepers from the UNIFIL force and injuries to others, including soldiers from France, Ghana, Nepal, and Poland. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jakarta said that the statement, submitted by Indonesia's Permanent Representative to the UN, Umar Hadi, in New York, was supported by 73 full or observer member states at the UN. The ministry quoted Umar as saying: 'The safety and security of UN peacekeepers are non-negotiable.' President Prabowo Subianto stated: 'I strongly condemn any heinous act that undermines peace and results in the killing of our soldiers.' He urged the Security Council to use all available tools to enhance the protection of forces in the current dangerous situation.'
