An explosion on Beirut’s southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, on March 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The headquarters of Ghana’s United Nations peacekeeping battalion in Lebanon was hit by missile attacks on Friday (March 6, 2026), leaving two soldiers critically injured, Ghana’s armed forces said in a statement. Lebanon was pulled into the war in the West Asia on Monday (March 2, 2026), when Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel that ignited a new Israeli offensive against the group. Ghanaian soldiers are deployed as part of the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon. The statement from Ghana’s armed forces did not say who fired the missiles, but it said Ghana’s Foreign Ministry had protested the incident at U.N. headquarters in New York. In addition to the two critically injured soldiers, the statement said that another soldier “has been traumatised” while the officers’ mess facility was hit and burned down. GHANA BATTALION POSITION IN SOUTHERN LEBANON COMES UNDER MISSILE ATTACK pic.twitter.com/TrWFYvj4pX — Ghana Armed Forces (@GhArmedForces) March 6, 2026 Published – March 07, 2026 05:04 am IST Share this: Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Like this:Like Loading... Post navigation Iran Guards say targeted U.S. base in UAE over school strike in Minab Domestic LPG price hiked by ₹60 amid West Asia conflict