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Arab News
3 days ago
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- Arab News
Grandmother files war crimes case in Paris over Gaza killings
PARIS: The grandmother of two children with French nationality killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza has filed a legal complaint in Paris, accusing Israel of 'genocide' and 'murder,' her lawyer said on Friday. Jacqueline Rivault filed her complaint with the 'crimes against humanity' section of the Court of Paris, lawyer Arie Alimi said. Rivault hopes the fact that her daughter's children, aged six and nine, were French citizens means the country's judiciary will decide it has jurisdiction to designate a magistrate to investigate the allegations. Rights groups, lawyers, and some Israeli historians have described the Gaza war as 'genocide.' Jacqueline Rivault filed her complaint with the 'crimes against humanity' section of the Court of Paris, lawyer Arie Alimi said. The complaint states that 'two F16 missiles fired by the Israeli army' killed Janna, six, and Abderrahim Abudaher, nine, in northern Gaza on October 24, 2023. They and their family had sought refuge in another home 'between Faluja and Beit Lahia' after leaving their own two days earlier due to heavy bombardment, the 48-page document stated. One missile entered 'through the roof and the second directly into the room where the family was,' it said. Abderrahim was killed instantly, while his sister Janna died shortly after being taken to the hospital. The complaint argues the 'genocide' allegation is based on the air strike being part of a larger Israeli project to 'eliminate the Palestinian population and submit it to living conditions of a nature to entail the destruction of their group.' Though formally against unnamed parties, the complaint explicitly targets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli government, and the military. The children's brother Omar was severely wounded but still lives in Gaza with their mother, identified as Yasmine Z., the complaint said. A French court in 2019 convicted Yasmine Z. in absentia of having funded a 'terrorist' group by distributing money in Gaza to members of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad. Israel's offensive in Gaza has killed 54,677 people, mostly civilians, according to the Health Ministry there, figures the UB deems reliable. No court has so far ruled that the ongoing conflict is a genocide. But in rulings in January, March, and May 2024, the International Court of Justice, the UN's highest judicial organ, told Israel to do everything possible to 'prevent' acts of genocide during its military operations in Gaza. The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants against Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
South China Morning Post
3 days ago
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
France grandmother files war crimes case over Gaza deaths of 2 French grandchildren
A grandmother has filed a criminal case in Paris, accusing Israeli authorities of killing her two French grandchildren in Gaza in October 2023, her lawyer told AFP on Friday. The case, lodged with the Paris tribunal's war crimes and crimes against humanity unit by lawyer Arie Alimi, calls for the appointment of a judge to open a formal probe. The Human Rights League, a French civil liberties group, intends to join the case. The victims' French nationality could give French courts jurisdiction over the genocide accusations – claims Israel has dismissed as 'scandalous'. So far, such legal attempts in France have not succeeded. The case involves the deaths of siblings Janna and Abderrahim Abudaher, aged six and nine, in a northern Gaza home struck by two Israeli F-16 missiles on October 24, 2023, 17 days after Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel.
Eyewitness News
3 days ago
- Politics
- Eyewitness News
Grandmother files war crimes case in Paris over Gaza deaths
PARIS - A grandmother has filed a criminal case in Paris, accusing Israeli authorities of killing her two French grandchildren in Gaza in October 2023, her lawyer told AFP on Friday. The case, lodged with the Paris tribunal's war crimes and crimes against humanity unit by lawyer Arie Alimi, calls for the appointment of a judge to open a formal probe. The Human Rights League, a French civil liberties group, intends to join the case. The victims' French nationality could give French courts jurisdiction over the genocide accusations, claims Israel has dismissed as "scandalous". So far, such legal attempts in France have not succeeded. The case involves the deaths of siblings Janna and Abderrahim Abudaher, aged six and nine, in a northern Gaza home struck by two Israeli F-16 missiles on 24 October 2023 - 17 days after Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel. Filed by siblings' maternal grandmother, Jacqueline Rivault, the 48-page complaint accuses Israeli officials of murder, genocide and crimes against humanity. The family fled their apartment on 22 October due to intense Israeli air strikes, seeking shelter first in another home, then in a school, the complaint says. They were eventually struck by two missiles in a new house "in northern Gaza, between Al-Faluja and Beit Lahia", one entering "through the roof and the second directly into the room where the family was". Abderrahim died instantly, and Janna soon after reaching the hospital, the complaint says. Their brother Omar was seriously wounded but survives in Gaza with their mother, Yasmine Z. Yasmine Z. was convicted in absentia in Paris in 2019 for financing terrorism, accused of sending funds to Islamic Jihad and Hamas in 2012–2013. An arrest warrant remains in effect. France's anti-terror prosecutor last told AFP in late 2024 that no investigation had been opened into the children's deaths. The genocide claim stems from allegations that the strike was part of a plan to "eliminate the Palestinian population and subject them to living conditions likely to lead to the destruction of their group". Though formally against unnamed parties, the complaint explicitly targets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli government and the military. Israel is under growing global pressure to end the Gaza war, triggered by Hamas's 7 October attack that killed 1,218 people in Israel, mostly civilians. Israel's military response has killed over 54,600 Palestinians, mostly civilians, according to Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry, whose figures the UN considers credible. Netanyahu and ex-defence minister Yoav Gallant are both subject to ICC arrest warrants for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Al Arabiya
3 days ago
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
French grandmother files legal complaint over Gaza ‘genocide'
The grandmother of two children with French nationality killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza has filed a legal complaint, accusing Israel of 'genocide' and 'murder', her lawyer said Friday. Jacqueline Rivault filed her complaint with the 'crimes against humanity' hub of the Court of Paris, lawyer Arie Alimi said. Rivault hopes the fact her daughter's children, aged six and nine, were French means the country's judiciary will decide it has jurisdiction to designate a magistrate to investigate the allegations. Rights groups, lawyers and some Israeli historians have described the Gaza war as 'genocide' and called for a ceasefire. But Israel, created in the aftermath of the Nazi Holocaust of Jews during World War II, vehemently rejects the explosive term. The complaint states that 'two F16 missiles fired by the Israeli army' killed Janna, six, and Abderrahim Abudaher, nine, in northern Gaza on October 24, 2023. They and their family had sought refuge in another home 'between Faluja and Beit Lahia' after leaving their own two days earlier due to heavy bombardment, the 48-page document stated. One missile entered 'through the roof and the second directly into the room where the family was', it said. Abderrahim was killed instantly, while his sister Janna died shortly after being taken to hospital. The complaint argues the 'genocide' allegation is based on the air strike being part of a larger Israeli project to 'eliminate the Palestinian population and submit it to living conditions of a nature to entail the destruction of their group.' The children's brother Omar was severely wounded but still lives in Gaza with their mother, identified as Yasmine Z., the complaint added. A French court in 2019 convicted Yasmine Z. in absentia of having funded a 'terrorist' group over distributing money in Gaza to members of Palestinian militant groups Hamas and the Islamic Jihad. Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. Militants abducted 251 hostages, 55 of whom remain in Gaza, including 32 the Israeli military says are dead. Israel's retaliatory offensive in Gaza has killed 54,677 people, mostly civilians, according to the health ministry there, figures the United Nations deems reliable. No court has so far ruled the ongoing conflict is a genocide. But in rulings in January, March and May 2024, the International Court of Justice, the United Nations' highest judicial organ, told Israel to do everything possible to 'prevent' acts of genocide during its military operations in Gaza.
