13/07/2010 Just Like any other massacre committed, the Israeli use of fire "is justified". Just like any other bloodshed Israel "is right". An Israeli military inquiry into the naval raid against "Freedom Flotilla" concluded that "the use of live fire" that killed nine activists "was justified". But the inquiry reported some mistakes at "senior level".
The inquiry said that commandos were under-prepared and operation suffered from "flawed intelligence-gathering and inadequate planning".
The report criticized the operation's planners for not having a back-up plan in the event of violence.
But it also said the "mission had not been a failure and did not recommend any dismissals".
Presenting the findings to media in Tel Aviv, retired general Giora Eiland, who chaired the investigating panel, had both criticism and "praise".
"In this inquiry we found that there were some professional mistakes regarding both the intelligence and the decision-making process and some of the operational mistakes," he said.
"But also, we did find some very positive findings, and one of them that should be emphasized is the very professional and courageous way that the Israeli commando behaved," Eiland added.
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