{"id":1418,"date":"2006-07-02T02:38:17","date_gmt":"2006-07-02T00:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/02\/iaf-chief-wont-fire-on-terrorist-holding-sons-hand-launching-kassam\/"},"modified":"2006-07-02T03:28:45","modified_gmt":"2006-07-02T01:28:45","slug":"iaf-chief-wont-fire-on-terrorist-holding-sons-hand-launching-kassam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/02\/iaf-chief-wont-fire-on-terrorist-holding-sons-hand-launching-kassam\/","title":{"rendered":"IAF Chief: Won&#8217;t Fire on Terrorist Holding Son&#8217;s Hand, Launching Kassam &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imra.org.il\/story.php3?id=29873\"><strong>Israel Air Force Chief: Won&#8217;t Stop Kassam Aimed to Kill if the Terrorist is Holding His Son&#8217;s Hand as He Launches Rocket<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Excerpts;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;. They &#8220;cloak&#8221; themselves in the most appalling sense of the word &#8211; to protect themselves because they know we act with the highest morality. They surround themselves with women and children.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230; If we know that [the terrorist] is holding his son&#8217;s hand, we do not fire. Even if the terrorist is in the midst of firing a Kassam, and the Kassam is aimed to kill. We do not fire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Interview with Israel Air Force chief Maj.-Gen. Eliezer Shkedy carried out on Wednesday 28 June, timed for the IAF&#8217;s annual &#8220;Air Force Day,&#8221; happened to coincide with this week&#8217;s &#8220;Operation Summer Rains&#8221; offensive in Gaza, launched after the killing of two soldiers and the capture of Cpl. Gilad Shalit near Kerem Shalom.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>For the full article, click on the JPost interview: <\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/servlet\/Satellite?cid=1150885884780&#038;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull\"><strong>Israel Air Force Chief: Won&#8217;t Stop Kassam Aimed to Kill if the Terrorist is Holding His Son&#8217;s Hand as He Launches Rocket<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel Air Force Chief: Won&#8217;t Stop Kassam Aimed to Kill if the Terrorist is Holding His Son&#8217;s Hand as He Launches Rocket Excerpts; &#8230;. They &#8220;cloak&#8221; themselves in the most appalling sense of the word &#8211; to protect themselves because they know we act with the highest morality. They surround themselves with women and children. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}