The Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation this Friday, November 3, into advocating terrorism. At issue: a video in which a woman mocks the circumstances – not confirmed at this stage – in which an Israeli baby was allegedly killed by Hamas.
An investigation was opened this Friday, November 3, for condoning terrorism after the publication on social networks of a video in which a woman jokes about the circumstances of the death of an Israeli baby killed by Hamas during the attacks of October 7 last, BFMTV learned from the Paris prosecutor’s office.
“Every time I come across the story of the baby who was put in the oven, I wonder if they added salt, pepper, if they added thyme (…) and what was the support like”, she says in front of her phone screen.
The supposed circumstances of the child’s death, notably mentioned by a volunteer from a relief organization, have at this stage not been confirmed by direct testimony or the Israeli authorities.
Beauvau refers the matter to the public prosecutor
Very quickly, the video was taken up and criticized on social networks. The Israeli embassy in France condemned “with the greatest firmness” “filthy Holocaust denial and anti-Semitic comments” and calls for sanctions.
“This woman is ironic, in a completely uninhibited and inhuman way, about the vile conditions in which a baby was allegedly placed in an oven by terrorists, while his mother was raped and his father murdered,” she denounced. onformerly Twitter.
She added: “As a reminder, on October 7, Hamas barbarically executed more than 1,400 people in Israel, including babies, pregnant women and the elderly.”
According to our information, the Ministry of the Interior first referred the matter to the Paris public prosecutor under article 40 of the code of criminal procedure.
The procedure was then being recorded and processed at the National Pole against Online Hate (PNLH) with a view to identifying the author of the video and an investigation.
An author of an apology for terrorism faces up to five years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros. But, in this case, an aggravating circumstance could apply, that of advocating terrorism on social networks which can lead to up to seven years in prison and a fine of 100,000 euros.
2023-11-04 15:28:08
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