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War crimes complaint filed in France over 2024 deadly Beirut building strike

Hezbollah supporters ride past buildings damaged by Israeli strikes as residents return after the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, in Beirut’s southern suburbs on 27 November 2024. © AFP

A complaint filed in France seeks a war crimes investigation into an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut apartment building that killed seven civilians, including the parents of a French-Lebanese artist, hours before a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect in November 2024.

The case was submitted on Thursday to France’s specialised war crimes unit by artist Ali Cherri and the International Federation for Human Rights, known as FIDH.

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