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| Israeli sniper faces Gaza charge | Israeli sniper faces Gaza charge |
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| Hundreds of Palestinians died during Israel's offensive | |
| The Israeli military has announced it will charge an army sniper with killing a person during the Gaza offensive, when hundreds of Palestinians died. | The Israeli military has announced it will charge an army sniper with killing a person during the Gaza offensive, when hundreds of Palestinians died. |
| It found there were grounds for trying the staff sergeant for manslaughter in a military court. | It found there were grounds for trying the staff sergeant for manslaughter in a military court. |
| Evidence was found that the soldier had opened fired as the victim walked with a group of people waving a white flag. | Evidence was found that the soldier had opened fired as the victim walked with a group of people waving a white flag. |
| So far, Israel has only penalised two other soldiers for their actions during Operation Cast Lead in 2008-09. | So far, Israel has only penalised two other soldiers for their actions during Operation Cast Lead in 2008-09. |
| The office of the IDF Military Advocate-General (MAG), Maj Gen Avichai Mendelblit, said the shooting in question was apparently the same as an incident mentioned in a war crimes report by UN investigator Richard Goldstone last year, in which two women were allegedly shot dead by Israeli forces. | |
| But it added that it had been "impossible" to establish "sufficient connections" between evidence given by Palestinian eyewitnesses and that given by Israeli soldiers | |
| "After reviewing the evidence, the Military Advocate General ordered that an IDF Staff Sergeant be indicted with charges of manslaughter by a military court," Maj Gen Mendelblit's office said. | |
| "This decision is based on evidence that the soldier, who was serving as a designated marksman, deliberately targeted an individual walking with a group of people waving a white flag without being ordered or authorised to do so." |