Israel sniper to get 45 days over Gaza war shooting
(AFP)
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1 day ago
JERUSALEM — An Israeli soldier implicated in the killing of two Gaza
women carrying a white flag faces a 45-day jail term under a plea
bargain approved by a military court on Sunday, local media said.
The
sniper, identified by Israeli media as "staff sergeant S," was charged
with manslaughter in 2010 over the fatal shooting of an unnamed
individual, which Palestinian witnesses linked to the killing of
64-year-old Riyeh Abu Hajaj and her daughter Majda Abu Hajaj, 37, during
Israel's "Cast Lead" Gaza offensive.
But the Israeli military said the charge had on Sunday been reduced from manslaughter to using a weapon illegally.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hBaiqPMbOuZd4GJPpYjJxB6VBQbQ?docId=CNG.4c48ced992b0b19ea4208b7a3ff09d55.5d1
(AFP)
–
1 day ago
JERUSALEM — An Israeli soldier implicated in the killing of two Gaza
women carrying a white flag faces a 45-day jail term under a plea
bargain approved by a military court on Sunday, local media said.
The
sniper, identified by Israeli media as "staff sergeant S," was charged
with manslaughter in 2010 over the fatal shooting of an unnamed
individual, which Palestinian witnesses linked to the killing of
64-year-old Riyeh Abu Hajaj and her daughter Majda Abu Hajaj, 37, during
Israel's "Cast Lead" Gaza offensive.
But the Israeli military said the charge had on Sunday been reduced from manslaughter to using a weapon illegally.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hBaiqPMbOuZd4GJPpYjJxB6VBQbQ?docId=CNG.4c48ced992b0b19ea4208b7a3ff09d55.5d1