French President Emmanuel Macron said that a French soldier was killed and three others were injured on Saturday morning (18) during an attack on UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon. “Everything suggests that responsibility for this attack lies with Hezbollah,” Macron wrote on social media.
The French leader identified the soldier as Florian Montorio, a sergeant with the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment in Montauban. “France demands that the Lebanese authorities immediately arrest those responsible and assume their responsibilities alongside UNIFIL (the UN mission in southern Lebanon)”.
Macron added that three of Montorio’s comrades-in-arms were injured. “The nation bows in respect and extends its support to the families of our soldiers and all our military personnel engaged for peace in Lebanon,” he said.
