Israel granskar arméns åtgärder

Det är antagligen få länder som är så noga med att undersöka och granska sin egen armés handlingar efter krigsoperationer som Israel.
Israels militäråklagare har startat två brottsutredningar med anledning av operationen i Gaza. Det ena fallet gäller en händelse där fyra barn dödades på en strand i Gaza och den andra händelsen gäller en attack mot en UNRWA skola där 14 personer dödades.
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Army opens criminal probe of IDF strike on Gaza beach that killed 4 kids and attack on UNRWA school  (Jerusalem Post)
"... Throughout Operation Protective Edge, IDF legal experts provided counsel to military commanders at the division level, but did not take part in minute by minute operational decisions, which were left to commanders.

Six teams, made up of reserve officers that are experts in various military fields, who underwent legal training courses, have been set up to expedite investigations, meaning that the IDF can complete checks into claims within weeks rather than months, and provide detailed reasons for decisions.

The reservists are not a part of the chain of command, and enable decisions to be taken on investigations in a reasonable amount of time, a senior officer said.

The teams are currently looking at 44 incidents from the war. Of those, two have resulted in criminal investigations so far, 12 are being examined, seven have been closed, and three are pending, army sources added.

The increased role of the IDF's investigative and legal bodies is a reflection of the growing importance of international and national laws in modern combat, the sources said.

"We're better than we were during Operation Pillar of Defense [2012] and Operation Cast lead [2009]," a senior officer said."