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Report: French anti-terror prosecutors open ‘incitement to genocide’ probe into French-Israelis suspected of blocking aid for Gaza
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French anti-terror prosecutors have opened a probe into “complicity in genocide” and “incitement to genocide” over French-Israelis suspected of having blocked aid intended for the Gaza Strip, a source close to the case says.
The investigation comes after the Jewish French Union for Peace (UFJP) and a French-Palestinian victim filed a legal complaint in November, levelling accusations of “organizing, participating in and calling for the participation in concrete activities to block humanitarian aid” for Gaza, “including physically preventing the passage of trucks at border checkpoints controlled by the Israeli army.”
Their complaint targeted alleged French members of right-wing groups that have attempted to block humanitarian aid trucks from reaching the Gaza Strip.
It is not immediately clear how many people had been accused.
Two lawyers for the plaintiffs, Damia Taharraoui and Marion Lafouge, tell AFP they are happy a probe has been launched into the events of January 2024, when, according to them, “no one wanted to hear anything about genocide.”
Israel has denied all allegations of war crimes or acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip, 20 months into its war against Hamas.
The source close to the case says prosecutors last month urged a probe into events alleged to have happened at the Nitzana crossing point between Egypt and Israel, and the Kerem Shalom Crossing from Israel into Gaza.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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