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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
William Christou

Artist files war crime case in Paris over Israeli strike that killed parents in Lebanon

Rubble on the floor of a bombed apartment block with bent structural columns
A digital model shows the structural impact of the blast, including on the yellow-highlighted columns. Illustration: Forensic Architecture

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.

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. It is also the first time a French court has taken a case over Israel’s bombing of Lebanon.

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