France's President Emmanuel Macron announced the death of a second French soldier who was wounded in a weekend ambush targeting UN peacekeepers in Lebanon. The incident, for which Hezbollah has denied responsibility, is creating diplomatic tension.

A second French soldier died on Wednesday from wounds suffered in a weekend ambush against UN peacekeepers in Lebanon blamed on Hezbollah, President Emmanuel Macron said. A first soldier, staff sergeant Florian Montorio, was shot dead in the Saturday ambush, for which Hezbollah has denied responsibility. “Corporal Anicet Girardin … brought home yesterday from Lebanon, where he was badly wounded by Hezbollah fighters, died this morning of the consequences of his wounds,” Macron posted on X. One.....