French Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin said the Iranian proxy ambushed the peacekeeping force
A second French soldier from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon died on Wednesday, succumbing to wounds sustained during a terrorist attack in Southern Lebanon over the weekend, French President Emmanuel Macron said on X.
“Corporal Anicet Girardin of the 132nd Cynotechnical Infantry Regiment of Suippes, repatriated yesterday from Lebanon where he had been seriously wounded by Hezbollah fighters, died this morning from his injuries,” Macron tweeted.
“The Nation, which will pay tribute tomorrow to Warrant Officer Florian Montorio, mortally wounded during the same ambush, salutes with emotion the memory of Corporal Anicet Girardin and his sacrifice,” the president added.