The French Defence Ministry has said a French hostage and one of its soldiers were killed during a failed rescue attempt in Somalia.
Another soldier is missing.
French special forces attacked an islamist militant base in the south of the country to try to free an intelligence agent who was kidnapped in the capital Mogadishu in 2009.
The Ministry said the agent, named as Denis Allex, died during the raid on the base operated by the group, al-Shabaab.
It said 17 islamist fighters were killed in the operation.
Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said: "Commandos broke into where Allex was being detained last night and immediately faced strong resistance. Everything leads us to believe that Denis Allex was unfortunately killed by his captors."
He said one French soldier died in the operation and a second had been taken captive.
But the Harakat Al-Shabaab Al-Mujahideen insurgent group who were holding Denis Allex said in a statement that he was still alive and being held at a location far from the base where French military helicopters attacked overnight.
The Al Qaeda-linked insurgents also said they were holding an injured French soldier.
Both sides described a fierce firefight during the raid that French said was carried out by the DGSE intelligence agency that Allex worked for.
The French Defence Ministry said 17 Somali fighters were killed in the fighting, which came on the same day France carried out air strikes against al Qaeda linked rebels in Mali in west Africa.
"Faced with the intransigence of the terrorists, who refused to negotiate for three and half years and who were holding Denis Allex in inhumane conditions, an operation was planned and carried out," the ministry said.
"During the assault, violent combat took place. Denis Allex was killed by his captors and in trying to liberate their comrade, two soldiers lost their lives."
The government later told a news conference one soldier was killed and one was missing.
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