U.N. peacekeepers carrying the coffin of French Staff Sergeant Florian Montorio during a tribute ceremony on the tarmac of Beirut's international airport, before the repatriation of his remains to France. Photo taken and distributed on April 19, 2026. (Credit: UNIFIL/AFP)
The United Nations is "working" to maintain a presence in Lebanon after the departure of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), whose mandate expires in December, the U.N.'s under-secretary-general for peace operations said Thursday. The Security Council has requested "options for a possible United Nations presence after UNIFIL," and "we must present these recommendations ... before June 1 of this year," Jean-Pierre Lacroix said at a press conference in Geneva. Read more Situation in south Lebanon remains unpredictable, UNIFIL says These statements come just days after an attack on peacekeepers in southern Lebanon. On Saturday, in an ambush attributed to Hezbollah, a French soldier, Warrant Officer Florian Montorio, was fatally wounded. A second serviceman, Anicet Girardin, died...
The United Nations is "working" to maintain a presence in Lebanon after the departure of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), whose mandate expires in December, the U.N.'s under-secretary-general for peace operations said Thursday. The Security Council has requested "options for a possible United Nations presence after UNIFIL," and "we must present these recommendations ... before June 1 of this year," Jean-Pierre Lacroix said at a press conference in Geneva. Read more Situation in south Lebanon remains unpredictable, UNIFIL says These statements come just days after an attack on peacekeepers in southern Lebanon. On Saturday, in an ambush attributed to Hezbollah, a French soldier, Warrant Officer Florian Montorio, was fatally wounded. A second serviceman, Anicet Girardin, died...
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