A French soldier was killed and three others wounded while clearing a road ?in southern Lebanon in an attack that United Nations Interim Force peacekeepers and French officials said Saturday was likely carried out by Iran-backed Hezbollah.

In calls with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the ¡°unacceptable attack,¡± Macron¡¯s office said in a statement.

Three other members of the United Nations¡¯ UNIFIL peacekeeping ?mission were injured, UNIFIL said, two of them seriously.