Indonesia FM demands emergency UN Security Council meeting over 3 Indonesian UNIFIL peacekeepers killed in Lebanon

Indonesia's Foreign Minister called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting and a 'thorough investigation' into the deaths of three Indonesian peacekeepers serving with UNIFIL in southern Lebanon, describing the killings as a 'heinous attack.' The three Indonesian peacekeepers died in two separate incidents: one at Adchit (Day 29, March 28) and two near Bani Hayyan (Day 31, March 30). France had already requested an emergency UNSC session on March 30. Indonesia's separate demand elevates the diplomatic pressure on Israel and intensifies scrutiny of IDF operations in south Lebanon. Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim-majority country and the largest contributor of troops to UNIFIL. The IDF stated it was 'reviewing' both incidents and that the area was an 'active combat zone' — declining to confirm whether the deaths resulted from IDF or Hezbollah activity. Indonesia has significant diplomatic weight in the Global South and its direct intervention signals broader Muslim-world mobilization on the Lebanon front of the conflict.