RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Gaza- 25 April 2022. Mohammad Bakr father of one of four Palestinian children from the same extended family who were killed in the Gaza Strip during a 2014 war sits inside his home.

0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Mohammad Bakr father of Ismail, who killed by an Israeli airstrike in 2014.


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Israel's Supreme Court on Sunday rejected a request to reopen an investigation into the deaths of the four Palestinian children who were killed in the Gaza Strip during a 2014 war.

The petition was filed in 2020 by three human rights organizations, Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) by Adalah General Director, Attorney Dr. Hassan Jabareen and Attorney Muna Haddad.

The petitioners demanded that the Court overturn the Attorney General’s (AG) decision to reject an appeal against the closure of the investigation and to order the opening of a criminal investigation that will lead to the prosecution of those responsible for the killing. The AG’s decision, dated 9 September 2019, announced that he had fully adopted the Military Advocate General’s (MAG) decision to close the investigation.

The petitioners argued that the investigative materials show that the Israeli air force intentionally opened deadly fire at the children in serious violation of the laws of war and criminal law, since they aimed at the children directly without identification and without taking the necessary precautions.


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