Killing Salah Shehade and his family prompted IAF pilots to reassess military operations

Claim

Name

Killing Salah Shehade and his family prompted IAF pilots to reassess military operations

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Quotes that support the claim

The Shehade incident was a red light for us, a final warning

With Shehade I began to re-evaluate my beliefs. We killed 14 innocent people, nine of them children. After my commander gave an interview in which he said he sleeps well at night and his men can do the same. Well, I can't. We refused to see it as an innocent mistake

Sources

'We're air force pilots, not mafia. We don't take revenge'

Supporting arguments

The operation of killing Shehade was seen by the pilots as crossing a moral line, leading to a profound reevaluation of the ethical implications of their missions

Tags

2003, IAF Pilots Claims

Topics

The Conduct of Israeli Air Force Pilots Bombing in Civilian Areas

Referenced by

The Shehade incident was a red light for us, a final warning

Defense

The operation of killing Shehade was seen by the pilots as crossing a moral line, leading to a profound reevaluation of the ethical implications of their missions

Defense

With Shehade I began to re-evaluate my beliefs. We killed 14 innocent people, nine of them children. After my commander gave an interview in which he said he sleeps well at night and his men can do the same. Well, I can't. We refused to see it as an innocent mistake

Defense