(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - In the IDF's operation in the northern Gaza Strip, helicopter gunships were responsible for some 50% of the fatalities among armed Palestinians, locating and attacking Palestinian cells that attempted to fire rockets into Israel. At the same time, the IDF ground force did not sustain a single fatality during the operation. "I have no doubt that after the disengagement, there will be helicopters in the air along the border of the Strip 24 hours a day," said a senior IAF source, adding that the techniques developed recently would serve the IDF also in the event of a flare-up along the northern border.
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