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The Citizen
4 days ago
- Politics
- The Citizen
French grandmother files ‘genocide' complaint over Gaza killings
France's crimes against humanity court receives a complaint over an Israeli strike that killed two French-Palestinian children in Gaza. 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 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 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'. 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. ALSO READ: WATCH: 'ICJ case never came up' in meeting with Trump, says Ramaphosa 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'. Though formally against unnamed parties, the complaint explicitly targets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli government and the military. Mother convicted 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 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. ALSO READ: Gazan twin brothers' Cannes film mourns a Gaza lost to war Militants abducted 251 hostages, 55 of whom remain in Gaza, including 32 the Israeli military says are dead. Israel's retaliatory offensive in Hamas-run 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. The International Criminal Court has issued arrests against Netanyahu and ex-defence minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. It also issued an arrest warrant for Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif over allegations of crimes against humanity and war crimes in the October 7 attack, but the case against him was dropped in February after confirmation Israel had killed him. ICC prosecutor Karim Khan initially sought warrants against Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh as well, but dropped those applications after their deaths in Israeli attacks. NOW READ: Israel launches expanded Gaza offensive aimed at defeating Hamas – By: © Agence France-Presse
Shafaq News
4 days ago
- Health
- Shafaq News
Eid attacks: Israel pounds Gaza as calls mount to stop ‘War on Childhood'
Shafaq News/ On the first day of Eid al-Adha, Israel intensified its military campaign on Gaza, amid urgent calls to end what UNICEF described as a 'brutal war against childhood.' According to Arab media outlets, Israeli strikes on Sunday hit multiple areas across the Strip, causing casualties and destruction. In Khan Younis, a drone strike on tents sheltering displaced families west of the city killed three and wounded others, while a child was shot dead northwest of the city, and homes were demolished in al-Qarara to the northeast. In Gaza City, artillery shelling hit the al-Tuffah neighborhood, sparking fires and damaging homes, while airstrikes in Jabalia struck residential areas and artillery targeted the northern part of Nuseirat camp. Journalist Ahmad Qalaja reportedly died from injuries sustained in an earlier Israeli strike on a press tent near Al-Mamadani Hospital. The latest figures from Gaza's Ministry of Health put the death toll since October 7, 2023, at 54,677, with 125,530 injured, while many victims remain trapped under the rubble. Meanwhile, Israeli media confirmed that five Israeli soldiers were killed and two others wounded in an ambush in Khan Yunis, where a building collapsed on them in the southern Gaza Strip. As casualties continue to rise, the humanitarian situation is deteriorating further. The US-backed-Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) announced the closure of its aid distribution points, citing safety concerns. Earlier this week, the GHF suspended operations for over a day after Israeli forces killed and injured hundreds of starving Palestinians seeking aid. The UN has reported that over 2,700 children in Gaza now suffer from acute malnutrition. Amid these developments, global outrage continues to mount. UNICEF spokesperson James Elder, speaking from Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, pointed to the psychological trauma experienced by children in Gaza and recounted the story of Jina, an 11-year-old girl left paralyzed from the waist down after an Israeli airstrike. 'She is now in a state of deep despair and just wants to get out of here, but she cannot get medical evacuation,' Elder said. He warned that 50,000 children have been killed or injured in Gaza, equating the toll to 2,000 classrooms. 'This tragedy must end,' he added. In France, Jacqueline Rivault filed a legal complaint in Paris accusing Israel of genocide and murder after her two French grandchildren, Janna (6) and Abderrahim (9), were reportedly killed in an Israeli airstrike on October 24, 2023. The complaint alleges that two F-16 missiles directly struck the room where the family had taken shelter. Abderrahim died instantly, while Janna succumbed to her wounds shortly after.
LeMonde
4 days ago
- Politics
- LeMonde
French grandmother files 'genocide' complaint over Gaza killings
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, June 6. 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 6 and 9, were French citizens means the country's judiciary will decide it has jurisdiction to designate a judge to investigate the allegations. Rights groups, lawyers and some Israeli historians have described the Gaza war as "genocide." 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, 6, and Abderrahim Abudaher, 9, 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 a 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 Palestinian militant groups Hamas and the Islamic Jihad.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
French grandmother files 'genocide' complaint over Gaza killings
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 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 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". 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". Though formally against unnamed parties, the complaint explicitly targets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli government and the military. - Mother convicted - 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 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 Hamas-run 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. The International Criminal Court has issued arrests against Netanyahu and ex-defence minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. It also issued an arrest warrant for Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif over allegations of crimes against humanity and war crimes in the October 7 attack, but the case against him was dropped in February after confirmation Israel had killed him. ICC prosecutor Karim Khan initially sought warrants against Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh as well, but dropped those applications after their deaths in Israeli attacks. gd/ah/sjw/jhb
Eyewitness News
4 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.
