Sergeant Major Florian Montorio, a French blue helmet killed in Lebanon, was the victim “of an ambush” and died due to “a direct hit”. This was announced by the French Defense Minister, Catherine Vautrin, in a post on her X account. Montorio «was on a mission to open a road towards a Unifil position that had been isolated for several days due to fighting in the area», explains Vautrin. Then “he was the victim of an ambush by an armed group at very close range, being hit by a bullet from a light weapon”. “Although his companions helped him, they were unable to resuscitate him,” concludes the minister.
«This morning a Unifil patrol that was clearing explosive ammunition along a road in the village of Ghanduriyah to re-establish connections with the isolated positions» of the mission «was hit by small arms fire». The UN mission in Lebanon made this known on