French authorities investigate Israelis over their role in Gaza genocide

The French anti-terror prosecutor’s office have opened two probes into “complicity in genocide” and “incitement to genocide” over French-Israeli citizens suspected of having blocked aid intended for the Gaza Strip as well as over the Israeli army forces’ wartime conduct.

The prosecutor’s office said the investigations were opened in the wake of two separate legal complaints and were to investigate possible “complicity in crimes against humanity” between January and May 2024.

Several sources with knowledge of the cases told the France news agency AFP that it was the first time in France to launch investigations into Israeli violations of international law in Gaza.

One investigation was opened in response to the Jewish French Union for Peace (UFJP) and a French-Palestinian victim, who jointly filed a complaint in November targeting French members of hardline right-wing groups “Israel is Forever” and “Tzav 9.”

It accused them of “physically” preventing the passage of trucks at border checkpoints controlled by the Israeli army.

In a separate case made public on the same day, the grandmother of two children with French nationality who were allegedly killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza has filed a legal complaint in Paris, accusing Israel of “genocide” and “murder,” her lawyer said.

The French judiciary has jurisdiction when French citizens are involved in such cases.