{
  "id": 12395037,
  "title": "French MEP Hassan under investigation over flag incident at 7 October commemoration",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/french-mep-hassan-under-investigation-over-flag-incident-at-7-october",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T14:03:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20261006-french-mep-hassan-under-investigation-over-flag-incident-at-7-october-commemoration"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hard-left French EU lawmaker Rima Hassan is facing an investigation after the Israeli and European Union flags were allegedly thrown to the floor at a commemoration for the 2023 Hamas attacks that set off the Gaza war. Hassan said the action was to denounce the \"ongoing genocide by the Israeli government\".",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}