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Second French peacekeeper dies after ambush blamed on Hezbollah, Macron says

Established in 1978, UNIFIL has more than 10,000 peacekeepers from 50 countries who patrol the Blue Line, the UN-drawn border between Lebanon and Israel.

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00:01A second French soldier has died in Lebanon from his injuries.
00:06Staff caporal Anissé Girardin died on Wednesday, the French president announced on X.
00:13The soldier had been caught up in the same attack last Saturday that claimed the life of warrant officer Florian
00:19Montorio.
00:20He had been repatriated from Lebanon the day before.
00:24French president Emmanuel Macron pays an emotional tribute to the memory of Staff caporal Anissé Girardin and his sacrifice.
00:33Anissé Girardin was working alongside warrant officer Florian Montorio to clear a route booby-trapped by an improvised explosive device,
00:42the French Minister for Armed Forces stated on X.
00:45He came under heavy fire from Hezbollah fighters, lying in ambush at very close range.
00:50He was coming to the aid of his unit commander, who had just been hit when he himself was seriously
00:56wounded, added Catherine Vautrin.
00:59The French authorities attributed the attack to Hezbollah.
01:03The Islamist group, an ally of Iran, denied being behind the ambush.
01:07Theahan stands for the Irish.
01:09The Islamist group, a French
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