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The 2014 Gaza war beach bombing incidents refers to two incidents that took place during the 2014 Gaza War on 9 and 16 July. In the first incident, Israeli missiles killed 9 youths while they were following the 2014 World Cup series on TV; in the second, 4 boys were killed were killed by Israeli naval fire while playing on a beach. According to an Israeli investigation, the second was a 'tragic mistake'. The United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, reviewing the evidence found strong indications that the IDF had failed in its obligations to adopt all feasible measures to avoid or minimize incidental harm to civilians.〔(''Report of the detailed findings of the Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict,'' ) United Nations A/HRC/29/CRP.4 22 June 2015. 〕 == 9 July == On 9 July, a semi final match between Argentina and the Netherlands was broadcast as part of the 2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage. In the 48 hours since the outbreak of hostilities, Israel had launched an aerial blitz that struck over 750 locations in the Gaza Strip. On a beach in the al-'Izbeh area of Khan Younis, roughly 30 metres from the shoreline and 200 metres from housing, around a dozen Palestinians had gathered at the Fun Time Beach café (''Waqt al-Marah'') to watch a broadcast of the game. The café, owned by the al-Sawalli family,〔('Bilal al-Astal recounts bombing that killed 9 in Gazan café, where he and others were watching a World Cup match,' ), B'tselem.〕 and, according to a local PNA-employed policeman, Wael Soboh, not a military area,〔〔 was a makeshift arrangement covered by cloth, umbrellas and palm leaves, furnished with plastic chairs and a converted container which served as the kitchen. The portable television was powered by a generator.〔 〔Fares Akram, ( ''In Rubble of Gaza Seaside Cafe, Hunt for Victims Who Had Come for Soccer'' ), New York Times, 10 July 2014.〕 All of the victims were avid soccer fans.〔 It was customary for the two Sawalli brothers, who would be killed in the strike, to break the Ramadan fast at the café, which was also considered a safe place. The other victims also used the café's services for the Iftar meal, to break their Ramadan fast,〔〔( 'World Cup fans killed as Israel raid hits Gaza café' ), Ma'an News Agency 10 July 2014.〕 though a survivor said that youths had also come to the Café because it had a generator for its television, and there had been an electrical outage earlier in Khan Yunis.〔Robert Tait, ('Half of Gaza's dead 'are women and children' ), Daily Telegraph 10 July 2014.〕〔〔Max Blumenthal,( 'The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza' ), Nations Books, 2015 p.27.〕 Palestinians like many in the Arab world, it was reported, could follow the games by courtesy of the Israeli broadcast service.〔Associated Press, ('Arabs watch World Cup courtesy of Israel' ), Ynet 9 July 2014.〕 The youths were aware that the Gaza Strip was being bombed, but heard no aircraft in their vicinity, and were relaxed.〔 Half an hour into the match, at 11.30pm, an Israeli missile blasted the flimsy roof of the improvised cafe〔 cratering the site and killing 3 sets of brothers and a cousin,〔 Two 15-year-olds were killed, and 3 wounded, including a 13-year-old boy.〔 The missile's impact was such that it left a hole so deep seawater seeped in from underground to fill it.〔John Davison, ('World Cup fans killed as Israel raid hits Gaza café' ), Yahoo News 10 July 2014.〕 The body of Salim Sawalli could not be found immediately, but later the following day bulldozers managed to find his remains, bringing the tally to 9. Gaza's emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra commented: "Israel won 9-0". A bystander Ahmed al-Aqad made a similar quip: "And the result from this match here? The Jews won 9-0,".〔 Another 15 people were wounded.〔( 'World Cup fans killed in Gaza as bomb hits café' ), Middle East Eye 10 July 2015.〕 Those killed were: * Ahmed Astal (18) * Suleiman Astal (16) * Musa (16), a cousin of the Astals * Mohammed Ganan (24) * Ibrahim Ganan (25) * Hamdi Sawalli (20) * Ibrahim Sawalli (28) * Salim Sawalli (23), body not recovered * Mohammed Fawana (18). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2014 Gaza war beach bombing incidents」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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