{"id":31785,"date":"2026-06-06T12:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/31785\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T12:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:58:10","slug":"france-opens-war-crimes-investigation-over-gaza-flotilla-abuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/31785\/","title":{"rendered":"France Opens War Crimes Investigation Over Gaza Flotilla Abuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.islamtimes.com\/en\/news\/1284222\/france-opens-war-crimes-investigation-over-gaza-flotilla-abuses\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/n01284222-b.jpg\" alt=\"France Opens War Crimes Investigation Over Gaza Flotilla Abuses\" title=\"France Opens War Crimes Investigation Over Gaza Flotilla Abuses\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>            Islam Times &#8211; French anti-terror prosecutors have launched a preliminary probe into torture and war crimes against French activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla, after testimonies of severe &#8220;Israeli&#8221; abuse following the vessel\u2019s seizure in international waters last month.In this context, France&#8217;s National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor&#8217;s Office [PNAT] announced the probe on Friday after receiving a referral from the Foreign Ministry concerning the treatment of French nationals detained by &#8220;Israeli&#8221; occupation forces [IOF] during the May 18 seizure of the Gaza-bound aid flotilla.<\/p>\n<p>The activists were among approximately 430 participants from around 40 countries abducted by IOF while attempting to challenge the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>Upon their return, French activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla described torture, sexual abuse, and humiliation by the IOF, leaving some hospitalized; the incident sparked international outrage, leading France to bar &#8220;Israeli&#8221; Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and summon the ambassador.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, rights groups report severe abuse of flotilla activists, including physical assaults, stress positions, and sexual harassment, with at least 15 cases documented.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, French authorities are investigating potential torture and war crimes, amid broader criticism of Israel\u2019s treatment of detainees during its Gaza war.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#13;\n  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Islam Times &#8211; French anti-terror prosecutors have launched a preliminary probe into torture and war crimes against French&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3029,7461,22843,22850,6460,22849,2504,22844,1590,16406,19109,5,607,9970,4830,2817,6758,689,194,18282,246,2297,18279,22856,22846,6976,3026,22842,9979,22847,22848,13321,22854,19100,22851,22845,22852,2512,2492,7468,22853,584,22855],"class_list":["post-31785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-france","tag-a","tag-abuse","tag-abuses","tag-activists","tag-after","tag-against","tag-and","tag-anti","tag-crimes","tag-flotilla","tag-following","tag-france","tag-french","tag-from","tag-gaza","tag-global","tag-have","tag-in","tag-international","tag-into","tag-investigation","tag-islam","tag-israeli","tag-last","tag-launched","tag-month","tag-of","tag-opens","tag-over","tag-preliminary","tag-probe","tag-prosecutors","tag-seizure","tag-severe","tag-sumud","tag-terror","tag-testimonies","tag-the","tag-times","tag-torture","tag-vessels","tag-war","tag-waters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}