A group suing a former Israeli military chief staged a news conference outside a congressional office building where he was holding a briefing. Speakers at Monday afternoon’s protest, which was sponsored by the Coalition for Justice & Accountability, accused Moshe Ya’alon of war crimes for his involvement in the 1996 bombing of a United Nations compound in Kana, Lebanon, that resulted in 106 civilian deaths.
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