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July 21, 2006       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/

Israeli Pilots Concerned for Sparing Civilian Lives

[Jerusalem Post] Anshel Pfeffer - The pilots of First Squadron, which has flown more than 150 missions over the last eight days against Hizballah targets in Lebanon, said all operations were planned with a concern for sparing civilian lives. Maj. E, a reservist, explained that "each pilot has the permission to abort a mission if he feels that there is a danger to too many civilians." "I personally took part in a mission to bomb a bridge, but when we were over the target I saw that there was too much traffic of people leaving Beirut on it, so I decided to abort. We returned at 3 a.m. to finish the job."

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