A second French peacekeeper, Corporal Anicet Girardin, died Wednesday from wounds sustained in a Saturday ambush against UN forces in Lebanon attributed to Hezbollah, President Emmanuel Macron announced. Girardin, a dog-handler specialist, was injured while attempting to aid a fallen section leader during sustained fire from concealed fighters in what officials described as a booby-trapped route clearance operation.
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A second French peacekeeper, Corporal Anicet Girardin, died Wednesday from wounds sustained in a Saturday ambush against UN forces in Lebanon attributed to Hezbollah, President Emmanuel Macron announced. Girardin, a dog-handler specialist, was injured while attempting to aid a fallen section leader during sustained fire from concealed fighters in what officials described as a booby-trapped route clearance operation.