France opens war crimes investigation after Beirut strike that killed seven people
The crimes against humanity unit of the Paris judicial court has appointed two investigating judges in the case of Ali Sherry, whose parents were killed in an Israeli strike on a residential building in Beirut on 26 November 2024. His lawyer calls it the first known foreign investigation into alleged Israeli war crimes in Lebanon and cites the precedent of the Syria cases. The crimes against humanity unit of the Paris court has appointed two investigating judges in the case of Ali Cherrí, whose parents were killed in an Israeli strike on a residential building in Beirut on 26 November 2024. His lawyer calls this the first known investigation abroad into alleged Israeli war crimes in Lebanon and cites the precedent of Syrian cases.
Otabek Yusupov