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B'tselem: IDF only launched 4 probes into 189 Palestinian deaths
By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: B'tselem, Palestinian, Israel 

Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem on Thursday relayed that since the start of 2007, it had asked the Israel Defense Forces to investigate 99 incidents in which 189 Palestinians were killed ? but the army only actually launched probes in four of the instances.

B'Tselem also Thursday harshly criticized the Military Advocate General, Brig. Gen. Avihai Mandelblit, over his decision to close the investigation into the death of a Reuters cameraman in the Gaza Strip last April.

The army cleared the IDF tank crew that killed the journalist of any wrongdoing and said the soldiers will not face any disciplinary action. B'Tselem branded this decision as extremely unreasonable.
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The army found that troops acted properly when they opened fire on Fadel Shana, suspecting he was a militant preparing to fire a missile after he set up a tripod in a Gaza battle zone in which three IDF soldiers were killed.


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      1.   B`tselem lies yet again 21:25  |  Gee 14/08/08
      2.   Palestinian lifes count nothing 23:22  |  Sarah 14/08/08
      3.   If B`tselem says it, the assumption must be that it is false 23:27  |  McQueen 14/08/08
      4.   The mightiest weappon of all: the truth and our conscience 00:13  |  Kris Lazar 15/08/08
      5.   Gee`s lies 00:20  |  wibism 15/08/08
      6.   gee 1 00:45  |  potobac 15/08/08
      7.   4? That`s 4 more than Hamas or the PA! 00:48  |  Mike 15/08/08
      8.   B`tselem should be deported 01:08  |  Great White North 15/08/08
      9.   How many deaths is Btselem responsible for? 01:18  |  Arie 15/08/08
      10.   thats fair 06:16  |  the advocate 15/08/08
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