Profile of the Indonesian Soldier Killed in Lebanon
One Indonesian National Army (TNI) soldier was killed in an attack on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) headquarters. He was Private First Class (Praka) Farizal Rhomadhon, a member of the 113th Infantry Battalion/Jaya Sakti (JS).
Farizal was killed while carrying out the UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon on Sunday, 29 March 2026. This information was confirmed by the Head of Information for the Iskandar Muda Military Regional Command, Colonel Infantry Teuku Mustafa Kamal.
“Indeed, a member of TNI Yonif 113 has passed away,” said Teuku Mustafa when asked for confirmation on Monday, 30 March 2026.
Farizal was a member of the Mechanised Battalion Task Force (Satgas Yonmek) of the Garuda XXIII-S Contingent in the UNIFIL mission. He hailed from the 113th Infantry Battalion/Jaya Sakti, a special Raider-qualified infantry unit under the 25th Infantry Brigade/Siwah, Iskandar Muda Regional Command, based in Bireuen, Aceh.
The soldier, born in Kulon Progo, Special Region of Yogyakarta on 3 January 1998, served as Taban Provost 1 in the Ru Provost Kima unit. He was 28 years old and was on assignment as part of Indonesia’s peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon.
The incident occurred in the Indobatt UNP 7-1 area, Achid Alqusayr Village, southern Lebanon, at 20:44 local time or 01:40 WIB. The event took place amid escalating conflict marked by artillery exchanges in the region.
In addition to Farizal, another soldier, Private First Class Rico Pramudia, sustained severe injuries and was evacuated by helicopter to St. George Hospital in Beirut. Two other TNI soldiers, Private First Class Bayu Prakoso and Private First Class Arif Kurniawan, suffered minor injuries and have received treatment at UNIFIL’s Level I Hospital.
Farizal’s body is currently laid to rest at the East Sector Headquarters and is being processed for repatriation to Indonesia with assistance from the Indonesian Embassy (KBRI) in Beirut.
The Head of the TNI Headquarters Information Centre, Major General Aulia Dwi Nasrullah, stated that the incident occurred amid artillery exchanges in the area. To date, it has not been determined who was directly responsible for the death of one TNI soldier and the injury of three others. “The investigation process is still being conducted by UNIFIL,” he said.