President Macron confirmed that a second French peacekeeper died this week following an ambush against UN forces in Lebanon. Hezbollah has denied any responsibility for the recent attacks.

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.