French judges probe war crimes complaint against Israeli army in Lebanon

Middle East Eye3 November 2026, 18:40 UTCLebanon

French judges probe war crimes complaint against Israeli army in Lebanon 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, Cherris lawyer Clemence Bectarte explained. The crimes against humanity unit of the Paris Judicial Court has appointed two investig

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