Gilad Shalit Could Have Avoided Capture by Hamas Attackers

[King_David]

Iconic Israeli Captive Failed To Fire or Drive Away: Report

Gilad Shalit’s capture was the result of operational failures on his part and on the part of other members of his tank crew, interviews with Shalit have revealed.

Shalit, the only member of a three-man crew who survived a cross-border, guerrilla-style attack on June 25, 2005 by armed Palestinians from Gaza, failed to seize several opportunities to fire on his seven attackers during the raid, according to military debriefings following Shalit’s release, Israeli journalist Ben Caspit reported.

According to the report, Shalit’s Merkava III tank remained fully operational even after militiamen hit it with an RPG rocket. Shalit knew how to operate the tank and could have driven away, Caspit wrote in an article. Alternatively, Shalit could have opened fire either from the main barrel or from a formidable machine gun that he could have operated from within the safety of the tank, according to Caspit.


Read more: http://forward.com/articles/173950/gilad-shalit-could-have-avoided-capture-by-hamas-a/#ixzz2PSl2OkS1

[bemildred]

1. I don't understand the point of this article.

The only thing I can come up with is that they hope that criticizing Shalit and the dead guys will somehow encourage other soldiers in the future or something? I mean this is war, you're lucky if you don't shoot your friends too much.

[azurnoir]

2. IMO this is disgusting not that Schallit suppossedly could have avoided capture

but that this is being waved for the international public, the poor guy was held captive for 6 years