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UN chief condemns deadly attack on French peacekeeper in Lebanon

Denouncing the violence against international forces, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday condemned a deadly attack on UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon that claimed the life of a French soldier and wounded three others.

AFP WORLD
Published April 19,2026
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned on Saturday an attack on UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon that left a French soldier dead and three wounded.

France blamed the attack on Hezbollah and Guterres said, in a statement issued by his spokesman, that an initial assessment by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was that it was carried out by the Iranian-backed group.