04.06.2026.
Press release
Staff Sergeant Milovan Jovanović, a member of the Serbian Armed Forces who was serving with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, died this morning as a result of injuries sustained after a projectile impacted the United Nations base where peacekeeping personnel, including a part of the Serbian contingent, are stationed.
Following the incident, Sergeant Jovanović received immediate medical assistance at the base hospital and was later transported by helicopter to the University Medical Centre in Beirut, where he passed away at approximately 4.00 a.m. local time.
Two other members of the international peacekeeping force were also injured in the attack – one from the armed forces of the Republic of El Salvador and the other from the armed forces of the Kingdom of Spain.
Staff Sergeant Milovan Jovanović was born on June 6, 1989, in Kraljevo. He is survived by his wife and two young children. He had been serving in the Serbian Armed Forces since December 10, 2011, and was deployed to the mission in Lebanon in January this year.
Minister of Defence Bratislav Gašić and the Chief of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff, General Milan Mojsilović, sent messages of condolence to the family of the member of the Serbian Armed Forces who tragically lost his life.
