The Israel Defense Force suspended an army officer and soldier involved in the shooting death of a Palestinian woman in the Gaza Strip on Saturday night. The woman’s husband and two children were wounded when the car they were traveling in was caught in the crossfire when Israeli troops returned fire coming at them from another vehicle.
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