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When he heard about a supposed job with the French Foreign Legion offering $3,000 a month, he signed up, imaging a future guarding dignitaries or assisting in peacekeeping missions.

Israel said the military intervention was necessary to dismantle Hezbollah installations near the border that it argued a UN peacekeeping mission had failed to stop.

A new internationally-backed government was installed in 2012, leading to a new peacekeeping force using the stadium as an operational headquarters.

The so-called "coalition of the willing" was established by the UK and France to reinforce any eventual peace deal with security guarantees, including the presence of peacekeeping troops in Ukraine.

The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, Unifil, said it was "alarmed by the possible escalation of violence", urging both Israel and Lebanon to "uphold their commitments".