Chadian peacekeepers killed in Mali over restoration of diplomatic relations with Israel An Al Qaeda-linked Islamist group claimed responsibility for the act, saying it was “in reaction” to the Israeli prime minister’s visit to Chad.
2 U.N. peacekeepers injured on Golan by Syrian mortars The Israel Defense Forces said the shells were errant fire from the fighting between Syria’s army and the rebels as part of the country’s 4-year-old civil war.
U.N. peacekeepers flee Syrian rebel captives Filipino troops from the U.N. peacekeeping force on the Syria-Israel border escaped from the Syrian rebels holding them captive.
