Italian Peacekeeper Troops in Lebanon delivered a new Jesus statue to a Lebanon village that saw their previous Jesus statue smashed by an Israeli soldier in a now-viral video. The IDF has apologized and punished the solider responsible.
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ROME: Italian UN peacekeepers have replaced the statue of Jesus Christ vandalised by Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Thursday (Apr 23).
The sculpture of a crucified Jesus was located in the Christian village of Debl in south Lebanon, near the border with Israel.
A photo shared online showed an Israeli soldier using a sledgehammer to strike the head of the statue, sparking international condemnation.
Meloni in a statement thanked the Italian contingent of the UN’s UNIFIL peacekeeping force “for deciding to donate a new crucifix to the Lebanese village of Debl”.
She said the instalment of the new statue was “a powerful message of hope, dialogue and peace”.
