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Micheál Martin lodges protest to UN after Israeli near-miss on Irish troops in South Lebanon
An Israeli airstrike was launched against a target in the buffer zone separating the two Middle Eastern countries — narrowly missing an Irish Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) carrying six Irish soldiers and two from the Polish detachment with UNIFIL, the …