Jerusalem (CNN) -- Two Israeli soldiers were convicted of ordering a 9-year-old boy to open bags they thought might be booby-trapped during Israel's incursion into Gaza nearly two years ago.
The three-judge military panel said the soldiers knew that endangering civilians is strictly forbidden by military law, according to legal papers obtained by CNN.
They have not been named or sentenced yet.
Israeli military and criminal investigators have conducted dozens of probes into actions of Israeli troops during the incursion, known as Operation Cast Lead, which was intended to halt the firing of missiles from Gaza into Israel.
More than 1,400 Palestinians died in Israel's incursion, according to officials in Gaza.
The Israeli military said 1,166 people were killed, 60 percent of whom were "terror operatives".
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