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Officers Authorized Artillery Fire to Help Rescue Trapped Platoon

(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - The incident for which Eisenberg and Malka were reprimanded involved the use of live ammunition to help rescue members of a Givati Brigade platoon, some of whom were wounded, from a situation in which they were under anti-tank missile fire from Hamas - even though the orders allowed firing only smoke shells. The investigation found that Malka exceeded his authority, but his orders did not cause the death of any innocent civilians. Division commander Eisenberg, who was not directly involved in the decision, requested to be tried too, so as not to abandon his brigade commander.
2010-02-02 07:55:08
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