Another French soldier was wounded in renewed clashes between their contingent of United Nations peacekeeping troops in the south Lebanon village of Maareke and Shiite Amal militiamen who surrounded the village on Tuesday night. In the fighting there earlier in the day, 17 Frenchmen were wounded. One who suffered serious injuries was transferred from the UNIFIL hospital at Nakoura, Lebanon, to the Israel government hospital in Haifa, where Tuesday night he underwent a seven-hour operation. His condition Wednesday morning was reported as serious but stable.
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