Former IDF Maj.-Gen. Yaakov Amidror discussed the need to regulate the IDF’s open-fire policy, but stressed the difficulties in urban combat in Gaza, where visibility is poor.
Former IDF Maj.-Gen. Yaakov Amidror discussed the need to regulate the IDF’s open-fire policy, but stressed the difficulties in urban combat in Gaza, where visibility is poor.
“It’s hard to see anything through the constant shelling of all of these Gazan children,” stated IDF Maj.-Gen Yaakov Amidror. “I mean sure, we took some hostages, but it was cloudy outside, you can never be sure if that’s a gun they are holding, or a soccer ball, or the body of their childhood friend, so we just shoot first and…ah, yeah, we don’t really ask questions later…better to just shoot.”
The interview with Maj.-Gen Amidror ended immediately after a precision airstrike accidentally took out our investigating reporter performing the interview. The reporter that reported on the reporters death has also been accidentally caught by a precision artillery strike as he was submitting the story.
When Amidror was asked to comment on these unfortunate circumstances, IDF Public Affairs instead reached out and simply stated, “Accidents happen.”