Instability deepens in southern Lebanon after French peacekeeper killed in Hezbollah-blamed attack
- Posted on April 19, 2026
- By Le Monde
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Instability deepens in southern Lebanon after French peacekeeper killed in Hezbollah-blamed attack

Staff Sergeant Florian Montorio, a UNIFIL soldier, was killed on Saturday in an ambush while clearing mines from a road. French President Emmanuel Macron called on the Lebanese authorities 'to identify and prosecute those responsible without delay.'