A second French soldier, Corporal Anicet Girardin, has died from wounds sustained in a weekend ambush in Lebanon. The attack, which also killed Staff Sergeant Florian Montorio, is blamed on Hezbollah, though the group denies responsibility. Girardin was part of a unit clearing a route when they came under heavy fire from concealed Hezbollah fighters. He was injured while attempting to aid his fallen section leader and later succumbed to his wounds.
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Following false claims made by former U.S. President Donald Trump, a senior French government official addressed the memory of French soldiers who died in Afghanistan. Alice Rufo, the minister delegate at the Defense Ministry, stated that it was crucial to honor the fallen soldiers and reject any insults to their memory. Rufo made these comments after Trump suggested that non-U.S. NATO troops, including French soldiers, avoided the front lines during the Afghanistan war, where ninety French soldiers died. This ceremony aimed to show solidarity and uphold the brotherhood of arms between American, British, and French soldiers.
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