Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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Publisher signals
72/100
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France has opened a judicial investigation into a war crimes complaint over an Israeli strike on a residential building in Lebanon, a lawyer told AFP on Tuesday.
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lawyer → open → Tuesday
French-Lebanese artist Ali Cherri, whose parents were killed in the Beirut strike in 2024, filed the complaint as a civil party this year with the International Federation for Human Rights, Cherri’s lawyer Clemence Bectarte explained.
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lawyer → kill → Rights
The crimes against humanity unit of the Paris Judicial Court has appointed two investigating judges to the case, she added, hailing the move as “a first”.
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she → appoint → first
Hezbollah fought with Israel at the start of the war on Gaza following the events of October 7, 2023.
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Hezbollah → fight → October
The hostilities, which escalated into open war in September 2024, have left more than 4,000 dead in Lebanon and forced more than a million people to flee.
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which → escalate → people
Seven civilians, including Cherri’s father and mother, aged 87 and 77, were killed in the bombing of their 12-storey apartment building in central Beirut on November 26, 2024, according to the complaint seen by AFP.
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civilians → include → AFP
Three floors were destroyed.
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floors → destroy → ?
The strike occurred “just a few hours before the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect,” the complaint stated, citing detailed research by Amnesty International and Forensic Architecture into the incident.
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complaint → occur → incident
AFP has reached out to the Israeli military for comment.
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AFP → reach → comment
Cherri told AFP he had taken legal action “for the dignity of all civilian victims”.
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he → tell → victims
“For nearly two years, I have been fighting… to ensure that the Israeli bombing that killed my parents and five other civilians does not go unpunished,” he said.
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he → fight → parents
“What happened to my parents is not an isolated case…
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happened → happen → parents
I hope this investigation will help break the impunity enjoyed by Israeli officials responsible for attacks against civilians in Lebanon and Palestine,” he added.
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he → hope → Lebanon
While the judicial investigation marks a first over alleged war crimes by Israeli forces in Lebanon, other cases are pending.
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cases → mark → Lebanon
French-Lebanese man Mohamad H., represented by lawyer Emmanuel Daoud, has sought action after losing his mother, sister, and two nephews in strikes on the southern city of Tyre during the night of April 16-17.
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H. → represent → April
In another case, a French entrepreneur born in Lebanon has accused the Israeli army of uprooting 600-century-old olive trees belonging to his family in a village in southern Lebanon.
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entrepreneur → bear → Lebanon
France’s National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT), which handles war crimes, has opened an investigation into allegations of torture and war crimes related to the Israeli forces’ interception of humanitarian flotillas bound for Gaza in 2025 and 2026.
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which → handle → 2025
The PNAT also asked a Paris judge to open a war crimes investigation into the deaths of two French children in an Israeli bombing in Gaza in October 2023, while ruling out charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, according to sources close to the case.
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PNAT → ask → case
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