[ 27/04/2011 - 09:29 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Israeli specialist in military affairs and columnist for Haaretz newspaper Yossi Melman said he has classified documents revealing that Israel was defeated in the battle of Karama that took place on March 21, 1968 and covered its failure.
In a televised report, Melman stated that Israel repeated its attempts to cover its defeat in other recent wars, namely, the second Lebanon war in 2006 and Gaza war in 2009.
The specialist said the abysmal defeat in 1968 was not investigated and Israel did not draw lessons from this battle, so it received another blow five year later in 1973 when its army sustained heavy casualties including 96 deaths.
He affirmed that Israel made strategic and tactical mistakes in the battle of Karama when it thought that Karama was a small village while it was full of Palestinian homes and residents who resisted the troops very strongly and detonated armored vehicles and tanks from a short distance.
In a televised report, Melman stated that Israel repeated its attempts to cover its defeat in other recent wars, namely, the second Lebanon war in 2006 and Gaza war in 2009.
The specialist said the abysmal defeat in 1968 was not investigated and Israel did not draw lessons from this battle, so it received another blow five year later in 1973 when its army sustained heavy casualties including 96 deaths.
He affirmed that Israel made strategic and tactical mistakes in the battle of Karama when it thought that Karama was a small village while it was full of Palestinian homes and residents who resisted the troops very strongly and detonated armored vehicles and tanks from a short distance.
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