Artist files war crime case in Paris over Israeli strike that killed parents in Lebanon
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“A Lebanese-French artist has filed a legal complaint in a Paris court about an Israeli bombing of his family home in Lebanon that killed his parents and a domestic worker, claiming the attack could constitute a war crime.”
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“The suit, filed with the French war crimes unit on Tuesday, is a rare instance of an individual pursuing war crimes charges for an Israeli bombing.”
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“It is also the first time a French court has taken a case over Israel’s bombing of Lebanon.”
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“Israel has been accused of numerous war crimes for targeting civilians, public infrastructure and medics, and for forced displacement in Lebanon and Gaza, but no one in the country has been held legally accountable.”
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“Ali Cherri’s family home, which his grandparents had built decades ago in central Beirut, was bombed by Israel a few hours before a ceasefire was established between Hezbollah and Israel on 26 November 2024.”
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“During the 13-month war Israeli strikes killed about 4,000 people in Lebanon.”
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“There was no evacuation warning before the strike, and the bombing damaged three floors of the apartment building.”
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“Cherri’s parents, Mahmoud Naib Cherri, 86, and Nadira Hayek, 76, and their employee Birki Negesa were killed, along with four other civilians.”
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“Amnesty International conducted an investigation into the strike. It concluded there had been no evidence of a military target at the time of the attack and that the strike should be investigated as a war crime.”
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“Forensic Architecture, a UK-based investigative rights group that helped prepare the legal complaint, created a 3D model of the struck building and identified the munition used in the strike as a GBU-39.”
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“Amnesty International said the civil complaint in France was a 'rare opportunity' to hold Israel to account.”
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“On 2 March, Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel. Israel then launched an aerial campaign and ground invasion of Lebanon, which has killed 1,318 people so far.”
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“Photographer Mohammed Shehab, a photographer who worked with Forensic Architecture to film and model the Cherri family’s apartment building, was killed in an Israeli strike on his home on 11 March. The strike also killed his three-month-old daughter and critically injured his wife, in what Forensic Architecture called 'circumstances similar' to the strike on the Cherri home.”
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