Woman files complaint in France over 'war crime' deaths of grandchildren in Gaza
In what is the first legal move of its kind in France, a woman has filed a formal complaint for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide over the deaths in Gaza of two of her grandchildren, and the wounding of another, all French nationals, during Israeli airstrikes in October 2023. Meanwhile, similar moves are being launched in other countries against named Israeli military personnel accused of committing war crimes. Gwenaelle Lenoir reports.
ItIt was on October 24th 2023 when Israeli F-16 fighter jets launched an air strike on a site in the north of the Gaza Strip. The missiles hit a house where three children and their mother had found refuge, causing its collapse and killing two of the children; six-year-old Abderrahim was killed immediately, while his nine-year-old sister Janna died on her way to a hospital.
