JERUSALEM (JTA) – The Israel Defense Forces opened criminal investigations into eight deadly incidents that occurred during its 50-day Gaza operation. The investigations, involving the deaths of 30 Gazan Palestinians, were announced Saturday night, Dec. 6 by the IDF’s Magistrate Advocate General service. Some 13 cases are currently under investigation. About 85 incidents are under “various stages of review,” according to the IDF. The IDF also announced Saturday that seven other cases were closed in which the investigation “did not find that the forces’ actions in these reported incidents appeared to substantiate reasonable grounds for suspicion of criminal behavior, and therefore there is no basis for an investigation.”