Israeli occupation army prosecutors on Thursday charged two soldiers for using a young Palestinian boy to check for booby-traps during last year's fighting in Gaza, a military spokeswoman told AFP.
She said the two soldiers, both staff sergeants, were charged of acting "in breach of military norms" for forcing the boy to open bags they feared might be rigged with explosives.
Israeli army radio said the boy was nine years old. The bags turned out to be harmless. No date was set for the trial.
The military said that it began its investigation of the incident in June last year. The probe was unrelated to a UN fact-finding mission which was visiting Gaza at the same time.
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