2014 Gaza war beach bombing incidents

2014 Gaza war beach bombing incidents
Part of 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict
2014 Gaza war beach bombing incidents is located in the Gaza Strip
Khan Yunis
Khan Yunis
Gaza City
Gaza City
2014 Gaza war beach bombing incidents (the Gaza Strip)
2014 Gaza war beach bombing incidents is located in State of Palestine
Khan Yunis
Khan Yunis
Gaza City
Gaza City
2014 Gaza war beach bombing incidents (State of Palestine)
LocationKhan Yunis and Gaza City, Gaza Strip
Date9 and 16 July 2014
Attack type
Airstrike, naval fire
Deaths13
VictimsPalestinian youth
PerpetratorsIsrael Israel Defense Forces

The 2014 Gaza war beach bombing incidents refers to two incidents that took place during the 2014 Gaza War on 9 and 16 July. In the first incident, Israeli missiles killed nine Palestinian children and young adults while they were following the 2014 FIFA World Cup on TV; in the second, four Palestinian children were killed by Israeli naval fire while playing on a beach.

The second attack was conducted in front of hotels that sheltered foreign journalists, several of whom witnessed the Israeli shelling, and at least one of whom described the targeting of the children as intentional.[1] Several eyewitnesses have remarked that, even at a distance, it was clear that the targets of the Israeli attack were children.[1][2]

According to an Israeli investigation, the second was a 'tragic mistake'.[3] But the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, reviewing the evidence, found that the Israeli military had failed in its obligations to adopt feasible measures to avoid or minimize incidental harm to civilians.[4]

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  3. ^ Mackey, Robert (August 11, 2018). "Secret Israeli Report Reveals Armed Drone Killed Four Boys Playing on Gaza Beach in 2014". The Intercept.
  4. ^ Report of the detailed findings of the Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict, United Nations A/HRC/29/CRP.4 22 June 2015.