Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi hinted today (Wednesday), in a conversation with youths as part of the 25th anniversary of the helicopter disaster, that the IDF carried out a military operation in a nearby country about a month ago.
Kochavi tried not to divulge specific details, but noted that the target was "military" and apologized for the "sterile" wording.
The chief of staff also said that the fighters carried out the mission successfully and that their action prevented "harm to civilian lives".
"When we lead a raid not far from here about a month ago - I will not go into details - I did not leave it to the decision of the battalion commander, certainly not of the battalion commander and in this case not of the division commander," Kochavi explained.
"We conducted a situation assessment, checked what the target was, we thought it should receive some specific, military treatment - sorry for the somewhat sterile wording - and we decided that this mission was valuable," the chief of staff said. They could also return with casualties. "
"I would look them in the eye and say to them: 'Even if you came back if you were injured, we sent you on a very, very valuable mission that prevented harm to civilian lives,'" Kochavi concluded.
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