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France 'not specifically targeted' Macron says of soldier's Lebanon killing

20-04-2026 | 12:26

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France 'not specifically targeted' Macron says of soldier's Lebanon killing

President Emmanuel Macron said Monday France was not specifically targeted in the killing of a French U.N. soldier in Lebanon, while blaming pro-Iranian group Hezbollah for the attack.

"It was Hezbollah, in fact, that targeted our soldiers," Macron said of Saturday's attack.

"They didn't target them because they were French. They targeted them because they were on a mission to stand alongside the civilian population," Macron told journalists in Gdansk, Poland.

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