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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Via AP news wire

Dutch Supreme Court confirms immunity of former Israeli officers over a deadly 2014 Gaza airstrike

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The Dutch Supreme Court on Friday upheld a ruling that a Palestinian man cannot sue Israel's former defense minister and another former senior military officer over their roles in a deadly 2014 Gaza airstrike.

The Highest Dutch court confirmed findings by judges in two lower courts that Benny Gantz and former Air Force Commander Amir Eshel are protected from civil proceedings in the Netherlands because they have “functional immunity.”

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