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French soldier dies of wounds after attack on UN force in Lebanon

Apr 22, 2026
President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that a second French soldier had died following an attack on United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon last week, ​which ‌he said was carried out by Iran-backed Hezbollah. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with the spokesperson of the UN peacekeeping mission UNIFIL, Tilak Pokharel.
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