Three French UNIFIL soldiers were killed Thursday and a fourth wounded by a roadside explosion near Tyre, Lebanon. The explosion was triggered by a remote control wire. Two of the soldiers were killed on the spot, while the third died in the UNIFIL hospital at Nakoura.
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