Her parents filed suit against Israel’s Ministry of Defense in a quest for accountability and sought just $1 in damages. Previously, a judge ruled that the family has no right to damages, backing an earlier Israeli investigation that cleared any soldier of wrongdoing.
On the question regarding the status of the area where the incident took place, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that found it was a war zone, making the state immune from damages.
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CNN’s Kareem Khadder and Frederik Pleitgen contributed to this report.
