Six Irish soldiers caught up in air attack in Lebanon village

A United Nations patrol vehicle with six Irish soldiers on board was caught up in an air attack in a village in south Lebanon on Saturday.

Eight troops, including six Irish and two Polish, were on an armed patrol when there was a drone or air attack on a village.

Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin said none of the soldiers were injured in the attack, but damage was caused to the vehicle in which they were travelling.

Speaking in Dublin on Sunday, Mr Martin said that the incident is still under investigation and further clarity on the incident would be given later.

“Essentially about eight soldiers, two armoured vehicles, six Irish and two Polish, they were on routine patrol and there was an attack, either drone or airstrike on the village that they were patrolling through,” he said.

“They had come out, it seems,…