Photo of the Day: More Irish peacekeeping troops are on the way to Lebanon even as reports came in that the Irish peacekeeping base in South Lebanon has been struck by a rocket. No one was injured in the incident which occurred on Wednesday afternoon at Camp Shamrock, the Irish headquarters for Ireland’s UNIFIL contingent in the country, the Irish Times was reporting. Several hundred soldiers are based in the camp which is located a short distance from the Israeli border. Defence Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Seán Clancy confirmed the rocket strike on Thursday morning. He said initial examinations of the remains of the weapon indicate it was a Katyusha rocket, an unguided munition, developed in Russia and commonly used by the Hizbullah armed group which operates in Lebanon. Pictured is Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin accompanied by General Clancy in Custume Barracks, Athlone today. Mr. Martin reviewed the 125th Infantry Battalion which will commence operations in Lebanon as part of a multinational battalion comprising of Irish, Maltese, Polish and Hungarian personnel, this in support of UNIFIL’s peacekeeping operation. Photo by Sasko Lazarov/ RollingnNews.ie.
