A collapsed United Nations (UN) Observation Post (OP) 6-4B, A Company, damaged by an Israeli bomb ...

Place Middle East: Israel
Accession Number P02113.007
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour
Physical description Colour
Place made Lebanon
Date made c. October 1986
Conflict Period 1980-1989
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Description

A collapsed United Nations (UN) Observation Post (OP) 6-4B, A Company, damaged by an Israeli bomb attack. While one side of the building is in ruins, the other side stands intact. There were no serious casualties resulting from this Israeli raid. OGL (Observer Group Lebanon) Observers occupied these OPs to observe and report violations of the Israel/Lebanon Armistice Agreement. OGL, a multinational UN peacekeeping force was a unit of UNTSO (United Nations Truce Supervision Organization) under the operational control of Force Commander UNIFIL (UN Interim Force in Lebanon).