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2 Officers Reprimanded For Gaza Artillery Attack

February 02 2010

Israel

The Israeli military has reprimanded two army officers for ordering artillery strikes on populated areas during last year's conflict in the Gaza Strip, the Washington Post reports.

A brigadier general and colonel exceeded "their authority in a manner that jeopardized the lives of others" by directing fire toward Gaza's Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, according to a report filed with the United Nations on Friday.

That attack damaged a U.N. compound, injuring several hundred...

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