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18 Mar 2004
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IDF officer to be charged in deaths of 4 Palestinians
By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent
Charges will be filed against an armored batallion commander in connection with a June 2002 incident in which four Palestinians were killed in Jenin, the chief military prosecutor decided Thursday.
Initially, the prosecutor had intended to indict former Golani brigade commander, Colonel Moshe "Chico" Tamir, who held the post during the period in which forces under his command were operating in the West Bank city, but it was later decided that Tamir will face a disciplinary hearing on charges of negligence before Major General Gil Regev, head of the IDF's manpower division.
Tamir is represented by attorney Moshe Yisrael.
The military prosecutor decided to charge the batallion commander after the incident in which an adult and three children were killed by tank shells fired into the Jenin market. The incident occurred as IDF tanks encountered hundreds of Palestinians the soldiers believed to have violated a curfew imposed on the city. The company commander fired two shells in an area that was believed to be an open space, in order to disperse the Palestinians, but four Palestinians were killed and many other were wounded.
Charges against the company commander were filed last year, while it was decided Thursday to also indict the batallion commander. The prosecutor changed his mind regarding the brigade commander after a hearing held before the chief military prosecutor, Menachem Finkelstein.
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