TYRE, Lebanon (Reuters) - A roadside bomb wounded five French peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on Friday, in the third attack this year on United Nations forces deployed near the frontier with Israel. The blast hit a jeep carrying French UNIFIL troops on the outskirts of the Mediterranean port city of Tyre. "I can confirm that a UNIFIL vehicle was hit by an explosion in Tyre," UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti said. "Five peacekeepers were injured. ...
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