Ed O’Loughlin of the Sydney Morning Herald suggests that Israel’s inquiry into the Gaza beach tragedy was sloppy:
The defence forces have not visited the scene or interviewed Palestinian survivors or witnesses. Their version of events appears to be based on analysis of aerial photographs and television footage taken following the explosion. These, they say, show a different pattern of crater to that produced by 155-millimetre artillery shells.
O’Loughlin doesn’t say that Israeli officials wanted to visit ground zero, but the Palestinians refused to cooperate, and even cleared away the site.
