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<p><em>Children Killed During Gaza War &#8211; File Alhawra.com</em></p>
<p><span class="article-details"><span class="article-detail">Tuesday April 12, 2011 19:31</span><span class="article-detail"> by Saed Bannoura &#8211; IMEMC &amp; Agencies</span></span></p>
<blockquote class="article-intro"><p><strong>The Israeli prosecution intends to  close an investigation that was initiated to reveal the circumstances  that led to the death of four Palestinian civilians, including a  three-year –old child, after Israeli soldiers opened fire at them during  the Gaza War despite the fact that they carried white flags.</strong></p></blockquote>
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<p class="article">Israeli  paper, Haaretz, said that the investigation is considered the largest  of its kind and included listening to testimonies of 140 soldiers and  Palestinian witnesses.</p>
<p>The incident took place on January, 5, 2009, in Al Zeitoun neighborhood  in Gaza city after Israel started the ground assault on Gaza following a  week of aerial strikes and artillery bombardment.</p>
<p>On that day, the second phase of Operation Cast Lead, the family in question was among dozens of victims.</p>
<p>But in this specific incident, residents Mohammad Hijazi, Mahmoud  Hijazi, Hashad Hijzai (the three-year-old child), and Ola Arafat were  shot dead by Israeli soldiers despite carrying white flags, and nine  residents, including a 7-month-old child, were wounded.</p>
<p>According to the Haaretz, the investigation will be closed in the coming  few days due to “the lack of evidence that the soldiers violated  open-fire orders”.</p>
<p>1419 Palestinians, including children, women and elderly, were killed  during the three-week war on Gaza, and thousands were wounded. 13  Israelis, including 9 soldiers (4 killed by friendly fire), were killed  during the war.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/61046">Source</a></p>
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