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<p>On 2 June, I met the Israeli Military Advocate General (MAG), Major General Dan
Efrony, who is leading the Israel Defence Forces' investigations into Operation Protective
Edge (OPE), and the Israeli Ambassador to London. Major General Efrony discussed the
investigations into OPE. He informed me that his office had received several hundred
complaints. <br><br>Our Ambassador in Tel Aviv also met the Israeli Military Advocate
General on 17 June, and discussed OPE with him. Our Ambassador was informed that,
to date, almost 200 complaints had been received, half of which were currently under
examination or investigation. The MAG had already closed 19 cases and launched 7 criminal
investigations. One case had resulted in the indictment of three soldiers for looting.
The MAG currently had 13 cases on his desk, having dropped 2 as complainants refused
to testify. <br><br>Tens of additional incidents are still in various different stages
of examination by the Fact-Finding Assessment (FFA) Mechanism, and their findings
will be submitted to the MAG in due course <br><br>In addition, the MAG has ordered
the opening of 15 criminal investigations without the need for prior examination by
the FFA Mechanism on the basis of allegations that indicated prima facie grounds for
a reasonable suspicion of criminal misconduct. The remainder of the investigations
are either still ongoing, or have been completed, with their findings having been
submitted to the MAG for review.</p>
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