Israel to Probe Desecration of Bodies

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By LAURIE COPANS, Associated Press Writer

JERUSALEM - The chief of staff of Israel's army on Friday promised a full investigation into reports that troops desecrated Palestinian bodies and then snapped their photographs with the corpses as war mementos.



Lt. Gen. Moshe Yaalon denied that the incidents detailed in a Yediot Ahronot newspaper report were widespread in the Israeli military and said such "horrible acts" were forbidden in the army.


"I intend to reach the truth," Yaalon told Army Radio. "God forbid if we are compared and likened to those against whom we are fighting."


While reports of soldiers abusing Palestinians have arisen previously during the four years of fighting, the new reports — and photographs — were the first to reveal soldiers mistreating the bodies of Palestinians and came as a shock to Israelis outraged over similar acts by Palestinian militants.

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