French legal complaint says Israeli army uprooted and stole ancient olive trees from Lebanon
Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 09/23/2026 - 11:43 Unnamed French citizen says his family in Lebanon had cultivated the grove for 250 years before Israelis arrives A Lebanese soldier stands guard at the entrance to Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, one of three southern Lebanese villages designated as a 'pilot zone' under an Israel-Lebanon framework agreement (Giovanna Vial/MEE) Off A war crimes complaint has been filed in France against the Israeli army over its uprooting of a historic olive grove in Lebanon
Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 09/23/2026 - 11:43 Unnamed French citizen says his family in Lebanon had cultivated the grove for 250 years before Israelis arrives A Lebanese soldier stands guard at the entrance to Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, one of three southern Lebanese villages designated as a 'pilot zone' under an Israel-Lebanon framework agreement (Giovanna Vial/MEE) Off A war crimes complaint has been filed in France against the Israeli army over its uprooting of a historic olive grove in Lebanon
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