Liban: un militaire français décédé et trois blessés, annonce Macron, qui accuse le Hezbollah
A French soldier, Sergeant Florian Montorio, was killed and three other French soldiers were wounded on Saturday in southern Lebanon, during an attack against UN peacekeepers, Emmanuel Macron announced, declaring that "everything suggests that Hezbollah is responsible for this attack".
"The Nation bows with respect and expresses its support to the families of our soldiers and to all our military personnel engaged in peace in Lebanon. Everything suggests that Hezbollah bears responsibility for this attack. France demands that the Lebanese authorities immediately arrest the perpetrators and take responsibility alongside UNIFIL," the French head of state declared on X.
The Lebanese president condemned the attack on French peacekeepers on Saturday and promised to prosecute those responsible.
Sergeant-Major Montorio, attached to the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment of Montauban, was killed "by a direct shot from a small weapon", stated the Minister of the Armed Forces Catherine Vautrin on X.
"He was on a mission to open a route to a UNIFIL post that had been isolated for several days by fighting in the area, he was ambushed by an armed group at very close range," she explained, stressing that this "experienced non-commissioned officer" had already been "deployed several times on operations."
"The Nation bows before the memory of one of its sons who gave his life for it. My thoughts go to his partner, his children, his relatives and his brothers in arms," the minister added.
This death comes almost a month after the death of another French soldier in the Middle East, Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion, 42, killed in the Erbil region of Iraqi Kurdistan, in a drone strike "perpetrated by a pro-Iranian militia", according to Emmanuel Macron during a national tribute.
AFP
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