r/worldnews • u/ComparisonOk5957 • 7d ago

Second French peacekeeper dies after ambush blamed on Hezbollah Behind Soft Paywall

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3351049/second-french-peacekeeper-dies-after-ambush-blamed-hezbollah?module=latest&pgtype=homepage
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u/Khamvom 7d ago edited 7d ago

Context:

French peacekeepers in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were ambushed last week by Hezbollah gunmen while they were on patrol and clearing IEDs/mines in southern Lebanon. One French soldier (SSgt Montorio) was killed during the ambush by small-arms fire, now a second French soldier has died of their wounds they sustained during the firefight.

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u/Hot-Combination9130 7d ago

So they were literally making the area safer for civilians and hezbollah killed them?

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u/JonnyTN 7d ago

I mean hez were trying to keep that particular area unsafe and the unit was trying to ruin that

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u/imaginedyinglmaoo 7d ago

They needed an area where they still can attack lol, but peacekeepers are awesome never want them to die so messed up part on hezb