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Two IDF soldiers charged with using 9-year-old 'human shield' in Gaza war

By Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondent


The Israel Defense Forces prosecution on Thursday filed an indictment against two combat soldiers suspected of inappropriate conduct during Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip in 2008.

The soldiers, who served as staff sergeants in the Givati Brigade during Operation Cast Lead, allegedly forced a 9-year-old Palestinian boy to open a number of bags they thought might contain explosive materials.

The soldiers, who breached the army's rule against using civilians as human shields during war, will be tried for violating their authority and for inappropriate conduct.


http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1155800.html


Sacrificial goats. The greater criminals should be driven out of concealment by the passage of the Goldstone Report through the UN Security Council without the ' obligatory ' US veto.
The Israeli Occupation Force have been using prisoners as human shields for decades. It's only with the advent of the Internet that the frequency of these crimes has become evident. These are war crimes. What possible benefit to Americans is there in blocking prosecutions ?