{"id":6323,"date":"2026-04-19T16:53:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T11:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6323"},"modified":"2026-04-19T16:53:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T11:08:30","slug":"un-secretary-general-guterres-strongly-condemned-on-attack-in-lebanon-that-killed-a-french-peacekeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6323","title":{"rendered":"UN Secretary-General Guterres strongly condemned on attack in Lebanon that killed a French peacekeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Istanbul. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned on Sunday an attack on the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) that killed a French peacekeeper and injured three others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">&#8220;I strongly condemn Saturday\u2019s attack on @UNIFIL_ during which one French peacekeeper was killed &amp; another three were injured,&#8221; Guterres wrote on US social media company X.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Guterres expressed his \u201cdeepest condolences\u201d to the family, friends and colleagues of the fallen peacekeeper, and wished a \u201cfull and fast recovery\u201d to those injured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">He noted that the attack is the third in recent weeks resulting in deaths to peacekeepers serving in Lebanon, raising concerns about the safety of UN personnel in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u201cThese attacks must stop,\u201d Guterres said, urging all parties to respect the cessation of hostilities and adhere to a ceasefire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">French President Emmanuel Macron said one French soldier was killed Saturday and three others wounded in the attack that targeted UNIFIL troops.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u201cSergeant Major Florian Montorio of the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment in Montauban was killed this morning in southern Lebanon during an attack against UNIFIL,\u201d Macron wrote on X.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u201cEverything suggests that Hezbollah is responsible for this attack,\u201d he added. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">UNIFIL said it has launched an investigation after one of its positions \u201ccame under small-arms fire from non-state actors\u201d in the southern village of Ghanduriyah.<\/span><br \/>\n<!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_260419_070645_301.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Istanbul. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned on Sunday an attack on the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) that killed a French peacekeeper and injured three others. &#8220;I strongly condemn Saturday\u2019s attack on @UNIFIL_ during which one French peacekeeper was killed &amp; another three were injured,&#8221; Guterres wrote on US social media company X. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1776596781399.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6325,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6323\/revisions\/6325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}