The two officers were named on Monday as Brigadier General Eyal Eisenberg and Colonel Ilan Malka by the Israeli Haaretz newspaper, but have not been officially identified by the military.

The army did not say what form of discipline the men faced, but both were accused of "exceeding their authority in a manner that jeopardised the lives of others" during the shelling of Tel al-Hawa on January 15, 2009.

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