French judges open war crimes probe into Israeli strike killing seven in Beirut

French judges have opened a judicial investigation into a suspected war crime over a November 2024 Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Beirut that killed seven civilians, including the parents of Franco-Lebanese artist Ali Cherri. The probe, based on a complaint by Cherri, marks a rare extraterritorial war crimes investigation by a European state into Israeli actions. It could strain France-Israel relations and set a precedent for other European jurisdictions.

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