Ireland’s Camp Shamrock base in Lebanon has been struck by a rocket.

No soldiers were injured in the strike at the UN Post 2-45 yesterday afternoon.

There are hundreds of Irish peacekeepers stationed at the base; however, none were injured by the rocket.

It remains unclear if the camp was struck by a wayward Hezbollah rocket – or whether it was shot down by the Israeli Iron Dome air defence system before landing at the base.

Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces, Lieutenant General Seán Clancy, 13-07-2023. Image: Leah Farrell / RollingNews

Speaking in Athlone this morning, Irish Defence Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Seán Clancy said the rocket was fired towards Israel.

“This was by an armed element obviously,” he said. “It was, in our assessment, travelling North to South, into Israel.

“A lot of these are undirected, unguided and therefore, unpredictable rockets and they have been known to fall or be taken down by the Iron Dome.

“We haven’t assessed which or whether that is right now – but it did fall in an unoccupied area of the actual camp itself and caused minimal damage on the ground.”

I am receiving regular updates on our Irish peacekeepers serving in Lebanon.
I have been briefed on the rocket strike on Camp Shamrock and our troops are safe and well.

— Simon Harris TD (@SimonHarrisTD) October 31, 2024

Camp Shamrock is located around 7km from the Israeli border with Lebanon.

It comes after a number of recent incidents in which UNIFL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) troops have been injured by Israeli fire.

In a post online, the Taoiseach said Ireland’s troops at the camp are “safe and well”.