JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said Thursday that it has indicted two soldiers who forced a Palestinian boy to open bags suspected of being booby-trapped with explosives during last year’s military offensive in Gaza.
It was only the second time the military has filed criminal charges against its own for conduct in the highly scrutinized three-week operation against the territory’s Hamas rulers.
The soldiers will be tried in a military court for “engaging in unauthorized conduct,” a statement said. Their actions contradicted orders barring the use of civilians in operational activity.
The 9-year-old boy involved in the incident was not harmed. The military would not identify the soldiers or say whether they were being represented by lawyers. The Associated Press
