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The ceremony, organized late in the morning, was presided over by the Minister of the Armed Forces, Catherine Vautrin, in the presence of the Chief of Staff of the Army, General Pierre Schill.
A second French peacekeeper has died from wounds sustained during an attack on a UN force convoy in southern Lebanon. The ambush, which also injured others, has been attributed to Hezbollah by some officials, a claim the group denies.
France held a national tribute in Marne for Sergeant Anicet Girardin, who died at 31 from injuries sustained in an ambush in Lebanon on April 18, marking him as the 145th French soldier killed in Lebanon since 1978.
A national tribute will be held on April 28 for Sergeant Anicet Girardin, a French soldier who died from injuries sustained in an ambush in Lebanon, attributed to Hezbollah. He is the third French soldier killed since the start of the conflict between Israel and the United States.