Official Israel rolled the comments of the Army Head in Ap Gaza
2 min readThe Article Claims That The Hamas Militant Group That Gave Gaza Used Various Floors Of The Jalaa Tower For “Significant Electronic Warfare” Which Was Intended To Disrupt The Israeli Air Force Gps Communication.
The Israeli Defense Minister On Monday Distanced Himself From Comments Made By His Military Head After Israel Bombed Gaza High-Rise Housing, Related Press Office And Other News Outlets, Said The Comments Were Not Literally Intended.
In An Article Published On The 12 News Channel Website During The Weekend, The Chief Of Military Staff, Liek Gen Aviv Kohavi, Was Quoted As Saying That “The Building Was Ruined Fairly” And He Did Not Have “Gram Regret.”
The Article Claims That The Hamas Militant Group That Gave Gaza Used Various Floors Of The Jalaa Tower For “Significant Electronic Warfare” Which Was Intended To Disrupt The Israeli Air Force Gps Communication.
The Article Then Said Kohavi Said “Foreign Sources” That Ap Reporters Drink Coffee Every Morning In A Cafeteria At The Entrance To The Building With Hamas Electronic Experts, Whether They Know It Or Not.
Ap Called The Comment “Patent False,” Noted That “There Isn’t Even A Cafeteria In The Building.”
Asked About Kohavi’s Comments, Defense Minister Benny Gantz Told Foreign Journalists That Military Heads Only Spoke In Figurative Terms.
“When The Staff Head Talked About It, He Tried To Describe The Atmosphere, Not The Real Aspect,” Gantz Said.
Gantz Again Accused “There Was Hamas Infrastructure In The Office Operating From This Building.”
Asked To Respond To Gantz’s Comments, The Military Spokesman’s Office Also Said Kohavi’s Statement Was Intended To Be Figurative.
“It Was Never Claimed That The Ap Journalist Consciously Interacted With Hamas Personnel. Instead, Due To The Nature Of Hamas’s Activities, Ap Journalists Did Not Have The Means To Find Out That Hamas Personnel Were In The Building,” He Said.
“The General Chief Of Staff Explains The Possible Circumstances From Such Meetings Where Hamas Terrorist Organizations Invest Themselves In The Civilian Population And Use Civilian Buildings For Military Purposes,” He Said.
The Israeli Army Gave The Occupants Of A One-Hour Building To Be Evacuated Before Air Strikes On May 15. No One Was Injured, But High Leveled Into A Pile Of Debris.
Ap Said It Did Not Have An Indication Of The Presence Of Hamas In The Building And Was Never Warned About The Possibility Of Presence Before That Day. It Has Called For An Independent Investigation And Urges Israel To Publish Its Intelligence.