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Irish troops ‘safe’ after rocket hits Lebanon camp

All Irish soldiers are “safe and well” after a rocket struck their UN peacekeeping base in Lebanon on Thursday morning, the Taoiseach (Irish PM) Simon Harris has said.

Hundreds of Irish peacekeepers are headquartered at a base known as Camp Shamrock in southern Lebanon, about 7 km (4 miles) from the border with Israel.

The Irish Defence Forces say all personnel have been accounted for and all are uninjured after the rocket, thought to match Hezbollah equipment.

The Chief of Staff for the Irish Defence Forces, Lt Gen Sean Clancy, confirmed that the rocket fell inside the camp.

He said it caused “minimal, minimal damage” on the ground of an “unoccupied area”.


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