" Israeli soldiers battling Hamas militants last winter in Gaza opened fire on at least seven groups of Palestinian civilians who were carrying white flags, killing five women, four children and two men as they used white flags to try to escape the battle zone.
The report raises new questions about the actions of Israeli soldiers during the military offensive. A United Nations investigation into possible war crimes continues. McClatchy documented in January one of the instances that Thursday's report outlines....
The Israeli military did not address the specific cases, but stated that carrying a white flag does not always shield someone from attack....... and in cases of suspicion that a person holding a white flag is endangering security forces, they are authorized to take necessary precautionary steps...
"At worst," the group says, "the soldiers deliberately shot at persons known to be civilians."
.........the Israeli military killed 1,400 Palestinians during the conflict. Most of them, according to research by the various groups, were women, children and men who weren't directly involved in the fighting..."
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