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A second French soldier serving as part of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has died as a result of an attack by Hezbollah fighters last week, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday.
The wounded soldier, Corporal Anicet Girardin, was repatriated to France on Tuesday and died on Wednesday from his injuries.
"He died for France. The nation pays tribute to the exemplary commitment of our armed forces within UNIFIL, which are working with courage and determination in the service of France and peace in Lebanon ," Macron said.
Le corporal-chef Anicet Girardin du 132ème régiment d'infanterie cynotechnique de Suippes, rapatrié hier du Liban où il avait été gravement wounded par des combattants du Hezbollah, est mort ce matin des suites de ses injuries.
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Another French soldier, Warrant Officer Florian Montorio, was also fatally wounded in the same attack on Saturday, the French government said.
Hezbollah has denied the allegations. In a statement, it called for “caution in assigning blame and responsibility for the incident, pending the Lebanese army’s investigation to fully determine the circumstances.”
UNIFIL said in a previous statement that its patrol was clearing explosive ordnance along a road in the village of Ghanduriyah in southern Lebanon when it came under small arms fire from non-state actors.
The attack comes amid a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon announced by US President Donald Trump last Thursday, after Israel and Lebanon held their first direct talks in decades last week in Washington, DC.
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