Can the complaint against a French-Israeli soldier accused of torture succeed?
What will be the outcome of the complaint filed on 17 April by three NGOs before the French anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office in Paris against a French-Israeli soldier for alleged crimes of torture and acts of barbarism in Gaza?
The soldier, who is believed to be from Lyon, in east-central France, has been identified as the author of a video posted on social media at the end of March that has sparked outrage and condemnations.
The video purportedly shows Israeli soldiers making Palestinian detainees get off a truck. The prisoners, believed to have been kidnapped in Gaza, are blindfolded and dressed in white jumpsuits. Some have their suits undone and appear shirtless.
One can hear the person filming the video insulting them in French: “fuckers”, “sons of bitches”, “motherfuckers”, “bunch of bitches”.
“You saw those little sons of bitches there, look, he pissed himself,” the French-speaking man says.
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