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Lee Zeitouni

Roy Peled, boyfriend of Lee Zeitouni, 25, who was killed in a hit-and-run accident by French driver Eric Robic two months earlier, holds Robic's picture as he calls for justice during a memorial ceremony in Tel Aviv on December 8, 2011. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
April 19, 2026, 3:28 pm
Eric Robic, Tel Aviv hit-and-run perpetrator shot in Paris, had long history of financial crime
Jewish Frenchman who fatally struck Lee Zeitouni was convicted a dozen times since 1994, probed with PM’s associate in prison bribery scheme, but friends insist he cleaned up act before death
By Charlie Summers
Lee Zeitouni (Courtesy)
April 16, 2026, 4:59 pm
Frenchman who killed woman in Tel Aviv hit-and-run in 2011 shot dead in Paris
Two men on motor scooters shoot Eric Robic to death in a Parisian suburb; Robic and Claude Khayat fled to France after hitting 25-year-old Pilates instructor Lee Zeitouni
By ToI Staff
Arnaud Mimran arrives at the Paris courthouse for deliberations in his trial over an alleged carbon tax scam, on July 7, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / BERTRAND GUAY)
March 27, 2018, 2:32 pm
Jewish inmates arrested in France for bribing prison officials
Prisoners Arnaud Mimran and Eric Robic tried to win preferential treatment, while French-Israeli Fabrice Touil hepled them from the outside, investigators suspect
By AFP and ToI Staff
The parents of Lee Zeitouni, who was killed in a hit-and-run in 2011, arrive at the courthouse in Paris, November 27, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Kenzo Tribouillard)
December 3, 2014, 11:30 pm
Frenchman sentenced to 5 years for Israeli hit-and-run killing
Eric Robic struck 25-year-old Lee Zeitouni in Tel Aviv in 2011, then fled to France; second man in car given 15 months behind bars
By Lazar Berman
Gadi Eisenkot attends a Memorial Day ceremony in May 2014. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
November 28, 2014, 2:18 pm
Best-laid plans
Liberman talks peace, Hamas targets Jerusalem, and the IDF might finally get a new chief
By Yossi Nachemi
The parents of Lee Zeitouni, who was killed in a hit-and-run in 2011, arrive at the courthouse in Paris, November 27, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Kenzo Tribouillard)
November 27, 2014, 10:17 pm
Paris trial for Israeli hit-and-run death halted after lawyer attacked
Defense lawyer punched during recess of proceeedings for Lee Zeitouni, killed in 2011 Tel Aviv crash
By AFP and ToI Staff
Lee Zeitouni (photo credit: Courtesy)
November 27, 2014, 12:06 pm
French pair on trial for Israel hit-and-run death
Driver Eric Roubi could be jailed 10 years and fined $187,000, passenger faces fine alone in death of Lee Zeitouni
By AFP
Lee Zeitouni (photo credit: Courtesy)
From the WebApril 7, 2014, 4:45 am
Lee Zeitouni’s killer sentenced to 18 months in jail
Ynet: French media report man involved in Tel Aviv hit-and-run convicted of fraud; investigation of murder ongoing
Lee Zeitouni (photo credit: Courtesy)
September 8, 2013, 12:57 pm
Second suspect in Zeitouni hit-and-run case charged in France
Alleged passenger in the 2011 Tel Aviv killing faces up to 5 years in prison; the driver could serve 10 years for manslaughter
By ToI Staff and JTA
Lee Zeitouni (photo credit: Courtesy)
September 4, 2013, 1:34 am
French court indicts driver for hit-and-run in Israel
Eric Roubi faces up to 10 years in prison for 2011 death of Lee Zeitouni. Second suspect expected in court on Thursday
By ToI Staff and JTA
Lee Zeitouni (photo credit: Courtesy)
August 23, 2013, 5:14 pm
France to indict suspects for hit-and-run in Israel
Israeli police believe two Jewish Frenchmen struck Lee Zeitouni with an SUV and fled the country in 2011
By JTA
From the WebDecember 23, 2012, 5:05 am
French court revokes license of suspect in Lee Zeitouni hit and run
Claude Isaac, a main suspect in the Tel Aviv killing, sentenced for speedng in-absentia, Ynet reports
17-year-old Jamal Julani is visited by his mother at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital after being attacked by Jewish youths in downtown Jerusalem. (photo credit: Oren Nahshon/Flash90)
August 20, 2012, 12:23 pm
The kids are not all right
And neither are the parents, the Education Ministry, the criminals, or anyone else for that matter
By Joshua Davidovich
August 18, 2012, 12:42 pm
‘I’ll find you,’ says relative of three women killed in hit-and-run to perpetrator
Authorities say suspect may try to flee the country
By Michal Shmulovich and Ron Friedman
France’s ambassador to Israel Christophe Bigot, right, speaks last year at a special hearing of the Knesset Immigrant Absorption Committee about the extradition of those suspected of killing Lee Zeitouni (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)
July 12, 2012, 12:42 am
French court orders criminal probe against Tel Aviv hit-and-run killers
Driver and passenger of car that struck down Lee Zeitouni last year are at large in France, protected by extradition laws
By Philip Podolsky and Sam Ser
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