By Yuval Azoulay: Ex-IDF chief Ya'alon: Air force failed in Second Lebanon War
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Title:Ya`alon seems to be right-on-focus this time...
Name:Esther
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If it was the IAF that chose those fatal targets in Beirut and its heavily populated civilian environs, resulting in most of the 1,000 Lebanese fatalities, with little-or-no advantage to Israel, then the IAF and its arrogant commander were indeed culpable, just as Ya`alon maintains. Moreover, it made the whole misadventure far more hazardous for the regular IDF fighters...