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Israel won’t criminally charge five officers for 2021 Gaza attack

Israeli air strike on a building in Gaza during the 11-day offensive in May, 2021 [File: Hatem Moussa/AP]

Israel’s army says it has “disciplined” five officers but would not file criminal charges for their actions during the deadly 2021 assault on the besieged Gaza Strip.

The soldiers, who received army reprimands for their actions, did not obey standard procedures when striking Gaza but none crossed the “criminal threshold”, the army said in a statement on Friday.

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