I don't think you would find this protocol in any other country.
Slightest doubt cancels mission, says top Israeli pilot
Although there have been many civilian casualties in Gaza, Lt. Col. T, an F-16I squadron commander, says his team goes to extraordinary lengths to avoid harming innocents
BY MITCH GINSBURG July 14, 2014
Amid a rising chorus of condemnation of the steep civilian death toll in Gaza there were 172 fatalities in total by Palestinian accounts as of Monday a senior Israeli air force commander who has flown combat sorties all throughout the past week asserted that the fact-checking of possible targets and in-air awareness of his pilots to the possibility of harming civilians is unrivaled.
I dont think theres an equivalent anywhere in the world, said Lt. Col. T, the commander of a squadron of F-16Is, the air forces most advanced model of that aircraft. And I am familiar with many other air forces.
The officer rejected the notion that the operational protocol of roof knocking dropping a flare first on the roof of a structure as a warning to civilians has limited the armys success in its operation in Gaza. I see it as a source of strength, he said.
A statement from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday decried the impact on Palestinian families of Israeli military action, noting, in addition, that too many Palestinian civilians have been killed.
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Slightest doubt cancels mission, says top Israeli pilot
Although there have been many civilian casualties in Gaza, Lt. Col. T, an F-16I squadron commander, says his team goes to extraordinary lengths to avoid harming innocents
BY MITCH GINSBURG July 14, 2014
Amid a rising chorus of condemnation of the steep civilian death toll in Gaza there were 172 fatalities in total by Palestinian accounts as of Monday a senior Israeli air force commander who has flown combat sorties all throughout the past week asserted that the fact-checking of possible targets and in-air awareness of his pilots to the possibility of harming civilians is unrivaled.
I dont think theres an equivalent anywhere in the world, said Lt. Col. T, the commander of a squadron of F-16Is, the air forces most advanced model of that aircraft. And I am familiar with many other air forces.
The officer rejected the notion that the operational protocol of roof knocking dropping a flare first on the roof of a structure as a warning to civilians has limited the armys success in its operation in Gaza. I see it as a source of strength, he said.
A statement from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday decried the impact on Palestinian families of Israeli military action, noting, in addition, that too many Palestinian civilians have been killed.
Read more:
'Slightest doubt' cancels mission, says top Israeli pilot | The Times of Israel