💭 Top air force official: No one warns enemy to evacuate before attacking

Politics

Israel is the only country that warns the enemy where it is attacking hours before it does so, a senior IAF officer said Tuesday in response to claims that Israeli attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon are illegal.Prior to massive IAF airstrikes in Lebanon on Monday, the IDF issued many location-specific warnings to all local residents to evacuate those areas.Such warnings go completely against the central military principle of trying to take the enemy by surprise, the senior IAF officer said. Criticism has focused on the notion that the IAF has attacked large numbers of civilian structures in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, causing the deaths of more than 550 Lebanese.

Jerusalem Post     Sep 24, 2024