U.N. Report Shoots Down Israel's Exoneration of Troops in Gaza Beach Killings
Source: The Jewish Daily Forward
One of the little-noticed findings of the United Nations commission on possible Gaza war crimes is the panel’s strong criticism of Israel’s move to close the books on its military’s killing of four Palestinian boys on a Gaza City beach.
The Independent Commission of Inquiry’s comments on the episode — one of the most widely reported cases of civilian deaths during the war — appeared to offer little hope that Israel’s investigation and exoneration of its soldiers in this case would prevent international bodies from examining it as an alleged war crime.
The U.N. panel’s rebuke, published as part of its June 22 report on human rights violations during the 2014 Gaza war, came just days after a statement by the Israeli military that a criminal investigation by the army had determined that the missile strikes were within the bounds of Israeli and international law.
The U.N. panel, by contrast, found “strong indications” that the Israeli military had broken international law in carrying out the strikes.
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