Secret Israeli Report Reveals Armed Drone Killed Four Boys Playing on Gaza Beach in 2014

Tel Aviv, MINA — According to a confidential Israeli military police report obtained by The Intercept, four Palestinian cousins were killed in two separate drone strikes after they were mistaken for Hamas fighters, WAFA reported, citing the Israeli daily Haartez.

It said that the Israeli strike that killed four Palestinian children that were playing on the beach in Gaza in 2014 was committed by an armed Israeli drone, according to an Israeli military police report that was obtained by the Intercept.

The four Palestinian children, Ismayil Bahar,9, Aed Bahar, 10, Zacharia Bahar, 10, and Muhammed Bahar, 11, were killed in June 2014.

According to Intercept, testimony from the officers involved in the attack, which has been concealed from the public until now, confirms for the first time that the children — four cousins ages 10 and 11 — were pursued and killed by drone operators who somehow mistook them, in broad daylight, for Hamas militants.

“After killing the first boy, the drone operators told investigators, they had sought clarification from their superiors as to how far along the beach, used by civilians, they could pursue the fleeing survivors. Less than a minute later, as the boys ran for their lives, the drone operators decided to launch a second missile, killing three more children, despite never getting an answer to their question,” reported the Intercept. (T/ RS5 / RS1)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)