Head of the Democratic Gathering Parliamentary Bloc, MP Taymour Jumblatt, expressed on Saturday his deep regret over the incident that the UNIFIL forces were subjected to in Aqbiya region in the South, offering his sincerest condolences to the family of the soldier who died in the accident, the international forces and the Irish state, and wishing a speedy recovery for the injured.

Jumblatt called on the concerned apparatuses to "complete a transparent investigation and take the necessary measures."

In an issued statement today, Jumblatt stressed "the importance of the role assigned to the United Nations forces as stipulated within International Resolution 1701," underlining "the necessity of maintaining stability in the south, as in all of Lebanon, and thus rallying around the army and the rest of the security forces to play their role, in parallel with strengthening the means of dialogue to resolve thorny issues, both constitutionally and institutionally.”