Court orders criminal probe into IDF killing of Rafah girl in 2004

[Scurrilous]

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"The High Court of Justice on Thursday ruled to open a criminal probe into the 2004 death of a Palestinian girl in the Gaza Strip shot by Israel Defense Forces soldiers, to determine whether illegal orders were given to open fire.

The parents of the girl, 13-year-old Iman Darweesh al-Hams of Rafah, filed a petition to the court claiming that her killing constitutes a war crime.

A Givati Brigade officer charged in the much publicized affair was acquittted last year and awarded NIS 80,000 in compensation in addition to a reimbursement for NIS 2,000 of legal expenses.

The officer, Captain "R," was suspected of "confirming the kill" and shooting the girl multiple times once she had already been hit by IDF gunfire and was lying on the ground."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/801166.html

[MrPrax]

1. Good luck...

but Israel's High Courts have given a high five to the state-sanctioned killing of innocent people, but maybe Dershowitz can assemble a legal team to go after the good Captain on behalf of the little girl? :

Israel court refuses to outlaw targeted killings

Israel's Supreme Court has refused to ban the army's controversial policy of targeted killings against suspected Palestinian militants, but urged more caution in carrying out the strikes.

In the eagerly-awaited ruling that marked the court's first word on whether the practice was legal, justices said the legality of the killings should be determined on a case-by-case basis.

"We cannot determine in advance that all targetted killings are contrary to international law. At the same time, it is not possible that all such liquidations are in line with international law," according to the ruling as quoted by Israeli media on Thursday.

"The legality of all targeted killings must be examined on a case by case basis," it said.

But the court left it up to the army to determine such legality, while urging it to show caution so as not to hit innocent bystanders while carrying out the strikes, army radio reported.

AFP - Yahoo

[breakaleg]

2. If he did 'confirm the kill' and there are multiple wounds to indicate that,

how can there be any ambiguity?

[Tom Joad]

3. It is public record that Israel considered much of Gaza to be a "killing Zone"

and they killed anything that moved. This is what the soldier testified in the case of the killing of Tom Hurndall.

This is what can be seen by any honest observer.