Reports from Mali say more than 20 people, including children, were killed when an airstrike hit a wedding party in a remote village at the weekend, reports the BBC.
Residents of Bounti, in the central Mopti region, said a helicopter opened fire on the ceremony on Sunday.
The French military, which has troops in the region, said it carried out a strike on jihadist militants in central Mali, but that no wedding was involved.
Five French soldiers have been killed in attacks in Mali in recent days.
On Tuesday, France said a military operation - involving an airstrike and carried out after detailed research and days of tracking individuals - had killed dozens of Islamist insurgents in the region.
A spokesman for the French military, who was not named, told AFP news agency that "reports relating to a wedding do not match the observations that were made".