French legal complaint says Israeli army uprooted and stole ancient olive trees from Lebanon

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