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French UNIFIL soldier killed in Lebanon ambush

On April 18, a French soldier was killed and three wounded in an ambush in Ghandouriyeh, southern Lebanon. Macron named Hezbollah as responsible. Sergeant Florian Montorio of the 17th Engineering Regiment suffered a direct hit.

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