One French UNIFIL soldier was killed and three were wounded in an attack on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon.

Emmanuel Macron announced: "Everything suggests that Hezbollah is responsible," he wrote on social media. " France demands that the Lebanese authorities immediately arrest the perpetrators and assume their responsibilities alongside UNIFIL ." "The nation bows in respect and expresses its support for the families of our soldiers and all our military personnel committed to peace in Lebanon. Everything suggests that Hezbollah is responsible for this attack. France demands that the Lebanese authorities immediately arrest those responsible and assume their responsibilities."

"This morning, a UNIFIL patrol that was clearing explosive munitions along a road in the village of Ghanduriyah to re-establish connections with the mission's isolated positions " was hit by small-arms fire, the UN mission in Lebanon reported on X , adding that it was launched "to ascertain the circumstances" and that the "initial assessment points to non-state actors (presumably Hezbollah). " UNIFIL "condemns this deliberate attack on the UN peacekeepers," and "the work of the explosive device disposal teams is vital in the area."

"On behalf of myself and the entire Italian Defense Department, I express my closeness to French Defense Minister Catherine Vautrin and the French Armed Forces for the serious attack they suffered this morning in Lebanon, during which a French soldier lost his life and others were injured," Defense Minister Guido Crosetto wrote in X. "My most sincere condolences and solidarity go to the family of the fallen soldier. I extend my best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery to the injured soldiers."

(Unioneonline)

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