French judges probe war crimes complaint against Israeli army in Lebanon: lawyer

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French judges probe war crimes complaint against Israeli army in Lebanon: lawyer

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French judges have opened an investigation into a war-crimes complaint concerning an Israeli strike on a residential building in Lebanon. Artist Ali Cherri, whose parents were killed in the 2024 Beirut strike, filed the complaint as a civil party with the International Federation for Human Rights.

France has opened a judicial investigation into a war crimes complaint over an Israeli strike on a residential building in Lebanon, a lawyer told AFP on Tuesday.  French-Lebanese artist Ali Cherri, whose parents were killed in the Beirut strike in 2024, filed the complaint as a civil party this year with the International Federation for Human Rights, Cherri's lawyer Clemence Bectarte explained.

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