Israel ‘knows who burned Palestinian family alive – but is hiding them’

September 11, 2015 in News by RBN

The Independent | Kashmira Gander

The Israeli government has identified the men who carried out an arson attack that killed three members of a Palestinian family – but has opted not to press charges, the country’s defence minister has reportedly said.

Moshe Ya’alon told a closed meeting of Likud activists in Tel Aviv that those responsible for the deaths are known, but that the state’s “defence establishment… has chosen to prevent legal recourse” to protect the identity of their sources, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported.

His alleged comments come after Israel imposed a gag order on publishing details of the investigation into the arson attack.

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