1.0 link 180781 <![CDATA[Israel Drops Gaza Probe, Calls Claims Hearsay]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/30/israel-drops-gaza-probe-c_n_180781.html Israel has officially ended its investigative probe into any possible misconduct by Israeli troops during the Gaza incursion known as Operation Cast Lead earlier this year. The probe -- originally in response to incriminating conversations between soldiers at a military education conference that leaked to the press -- is now being called-off for lack of substantive evidence beyond hearsay, Israel says. As Haaretz reports:

[Military Advocate General Brig. Gen. Avichai Mendelblit] said it was unfortunate that the soldiers, who discussed...
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