In a documentary film entitled "Made in France ... in the service of war," two journalists review the legal battle of the family of a child who was killed in an Israeli raid on Gaza in 2014, and her death led to an investigation in Paris against a French manufacturer of components used in the manufacture of weapons.
And in the film, which was broadcast by the French-German "Arte" channel on Tuesday, and which was reviewed by the French Liberation newspaper, the two French journalists, Sophie Neville Cardinale and Alice Odeo, begin their investigation by showing a piece of the weapon that destroyed the room of the child Afnan, when she was nine years old, when she was playing with her doll. On July 17, 2014.
This piece is also the starting point for legal proceedings in France, which are led by the Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes Department of the Grand Court of Paris.
This investigation aims to determine the responsibility of the French company "Exxelia" which acquired "Eurofarad", the manufacturer of components used in the manufacture of weapons.
This small sensor, which is used to control rocket fins, was found among the debris on the roof of this family's house the day after the attack in which it was lost, as well as the child Afnan, her two brothers Wassim (8 years) and Jihad (10 years).
In Gaza, the investigator of the non-governmental organization "Al-Mizan", Yameen Al-Mahdhid, who has been following this case since its inception, found unexploded Israeli missiles containing the same piece that was used in that operation, which the Israelis called "Protective Edge", and ended with a ceasefire agreement At the end of August 2014.
The family of the three children filed a complaint and did not receive any response from the Israeli authorities, and their lawyer works remotely from Paris, as entry into and exit from Gaza is under Israeli control, and the investigative judge was also unable to get there, and it was the only interview he conducted with my father. Afnan via the video conference system.
This film - which travels from Gaza to Paris via Geneva, where the UN Human Rights Committee is based - raises the following question: Are those who manufacture and sell weapons responsible for the crimes committed by those who use them?
The film does not give a response to that, as it leaves that task to the judicial authorities that should decide on it, and this investigation is still continuing and may take years.
Meanwhile, Afnan's mother does not leave the picture of her daughter, who died holding her favorite doll in her arms, and the bloodstained toy remained on the roof of the house for a long time, the newspaper said.