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Military investigator testifies that head of IDF Southern Command instructed bulldozer operator not to cooperate with investigation

Posted on March 24, 2010

(Haifa, Israel – March 24, 2010)– On Monday, March 22 and Wednesday, March 24, 2010, the Haifa District Court heard the fifth and sixth days of testimony in the civil lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel for her unlawful killing in Rafah, Gaza. Witnesses included an Israeli military police investigator, an expert witness for the Corrie family, and Rachel’s father, Craig Corrie.

Elad, an Israeli military police investigator who was part of the team that investigated Rachel’s killing, completed his testimony on March 22. In his testimony he stated that:

  • A commander of the unit involved in the incident interrupted the testimony of the operator of the bulldozer that killed Rachel, telling him that the head of the Southern Command of the Israeli military ordered him to stop talking, not to sign anything and not to cooperate with the investigation. When asked if he considered this an intervention into the interrogation, the investigator testified that he did.

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Filed Under: News and Updates, Trial, Trial Press Releases Tagged With: Aher Asban, Caterpillar D9R bulldozer, Cindy & Craig, civil trial, Craig Corrie, El'ad, Gaza, Haifa, Hussein Abu Hussein, Israel, Judge Oded Gershon, lawsuit, Military Police, safety regulations, trial

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