The National Court of Asylum (CNDA) granted asylum to a national from Khan Younès. The Court considered that the Gaza Strip was experiencing “a situation of indiscriminate violence of exceptional intensity” This type of decision by the CNDA, which rules on appeal on asylum requests, generally sets a precedent for all similar cases in France.
The war was sparked by the unprecedented Hamas attack on October 7 in southern Israel, which resulted in the deaths of more than 1,160 people, mostly civilians.