07-26-2006, 12:39 AM
<b>UN post hit by Israeli airstrike in south Lebanon</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->An Israeli bomb destroyed a UN observer post on the border, killing four peacekeepers were killed on Tuesday when an Israeli bomb destroyed their post in southern Lebanon, a UN official said.
The dead included observers from <b>Austria, a Canada, China and Finland</b>, a senior Lebanese military official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information to the media.
The bomb made a direct hit on the building and shelter of the observer post in the town of Khiyam near the eastern end of the border with Israel, said Milos Struger, spokesman for the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon known as UNIFIL
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The dead included observers from <b>Austria, a Canada, China and Finland</b>, a senior Lebanese military official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information to the media.
The bomb made a direct hit on the building and shelter of the observer post in the town of Khiyam near the eastern end of the border with Israel, said Milos Struger, spokesman for the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon known as UNIFIL
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