Israel closes probe into killing of 4 boys on Gaza beach

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Israel's killing of four Palestinian boys in an air strike on a Gaza beach during the 2014 war was a case of mistaken identity that does **t warrant criminal charges, the military says. Witnessed by several foreign reporters, the July 16 attack fuelled censure abroad of Israel's assault on the Hamas-run enclave. Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Lerner, an Israeli military spokesman, said the air force fired on the four boys after failing to identify them as children and believing they were gunmen running in an area "utilized exclusively by militants".

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