Lebanon Detains Hezbollah Supporter in Probe of Irish UN Peacekeeper’s Killing

Members of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeeping mission attend the repatriation ceremony for Irish soldier Sean Rooney who was killed on a UN peacekeeping patrol, at Beirut International Airport, in Beirut, Lebanon December 18, 2022. (Reuters)

The Lebanese army detained over the weekend a main suspect in the recent killing of an Irish UN peacekeeper in a move coordinated with the Hezbollah party, two security sources and a Hezbollah spokesperson said. 

The man is a supporter of the Iran-backed party, but not a member of the group, the Hezbollah spokesperson told Reuters.