The offices of President Francois Hollande and defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian both confirmed the death on Wednesday of Thomas Dupuy, a sergeant from a commando parachutist unit in the air force.
His death raised to 10 the number of French soldiers killed since France intervened militarily in Mali in January 2013 to help drive out Islamist militants who had seized control of the former French colony's north.
Le Drian's office said in a statement that French forces had battled a militant group of some 30 fighters in the Tigharghar valley, part of the mountainous Adrar des Ifoghas area.
"Particularly violent combat took place. Our soldier was mortally hurt and two of his comrades were wounded." Operations will continue in the coming hours, the statement said.
Addressing a parliamentary hearing earlier in the day, Le Drian said the militants might be linked to al-Qaida's North African wing, AQIM.
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