PMMP Commander Visits Wounded TNI Soldiers in Lebanon
Commander of the Indonesian National Army’s Peacekeeping Mission Centre, Major General Iwan Bambang Setiawan, visited three personnel from the Yonmek Konga XXIII-S Task Force of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon who were wounded in an Israeli attack. The three TNI soldiers are currently receiving treatment at Saint George Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon.
The three soldiers visited by the PMPP Commander were First Lieutenant Inf Sulthan Wirdean Maulana, Private First Class Rico Pramudia, and Private First Class Deni Rianto. All three were injured as a result of artillery strikes that landed in the United Nations facility area in Lebanon.
Iwan stated that the country is committed to protecting all TNI personnel serving in the UNIFIL peacekeeping force. “And actively contributing to global peacekeeping efforts through the deployment of the Garuda Contingent,” Iwan said in his statement on Sunday, 5 April 2026.
During the visit, Iwan was accompanied by the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Lebanon Dicky Komar, UNIFIL SeaCoast DCO Colonel Infantry A. Juni Toa, and TNI PMPP Dirbinops Colonel Infantry Untung Prayitno.
Various attacks in Lebanon have impacted Indonesian peacekeeping personnel. From late March to early April this year, three TNI soldiers were killed due to Israeli attack explosions. Eight TNI soldiers were also wounded.
The three TNI soldiers killed in the peacekeeping mission were posthumously Major Infantry Zulmi Aditya Iskandar, posthumously Sergeant Major Muhammad Nur Ichwan, and posthumously Corporal Farizal Rhomadhon. A farewell ceremony and repatriation for the three soldiers’ bodies was held at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Saturday, 4 April 2026.
Foreign Minister Sugiono stated that there needs to be inherent security guarantees for global peacekeeping personnel, including the UNIFIL force. “There must be a security guarantee for the peacekeeping soldiers,” he said at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, on Saturday, 4 April 2026.
According to him, soldiers in UNIFIL are not peacemakers but peacekeepers. Because, Sugiono said, the personnel are not trained or equipped for peacemaking.
“Their equipment and training are for maintaining peace, the peaceful situation that is preserved,” said the General Secretary of the Gerindra Party DPP.
The peacekeeping duty, he said, is also a United Nations mandate. Therefore, Sugiono urged the UN to immediately evaluate the safety of global peacekeeping soldiers, especially UNIFIL.
“We strive for our peacekeeping troops to be healthy and safe in carrying out the tasks assigned to them,” he said.