NPR News: 04-19-2026 1AM EDT

Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon is being tested over two incidents Saturday, including the killing of a French soldier, and Pierre Zeliner Beardsley reports. President Emmanuel Macron confirmed that a French soldier serving in the UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon was killed. He added that, quote, everything suggests, end quote, that Hezbollah was behind the attack. The Israeli military says it also conducted strikes against a threatening target. Polls show more than seventy percent of Israelis are against pausing their fight against Hezbollah. to rearm. We want that this time it will be the end, but the final end. We don't want another little war for um one year later or two year later. We want quiet. She says Hezbollah is weakened and now is the time to defeat them. Eleanor Beersley, NPR News, Tel Aviv. Israel, meanwhile, says Sunday that one soldier was killed during combat in southern Lebanon and nine others were injured, including one in serious condition. Iran Saturday once again closed the Strait of Hormuz to ship traffic, and government officials say it will stay that way until the U. S. stops its blockade on Iranian ports and ships. And the country's Revolutionary Guard says any ship approaching the strait will be considered as cooperating with the enemy and will also be attacked. James Kraska is a professor at th