Israeli soldiers acted properly when they fired last week on a convoy carrying Palestinian security officials from Israel to the Gaza Strip, according to an investigation by the Israel Defense Force. The probe found that the first shots were fired by someone traveling with the Palestinian convoy, and the Israeli soldiers then returned fire.
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