Posted on Jun 3, 2021
Israeli official rolls back army chief comments on AP Gaza
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Israel’s defense minister on Monday distanced himself from comments made by his military chief after Israel bombed a Gaza Strip high-rise housing an Associated Press office and other news outlets, saying the remarks were not meant to be taken literally.
In an article published on the website of Channel 12 news over the weekend, the military chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi, was quoted as saying that “the building was destroyed justly” and he did not have a “gram of regret.”
The article claimed that the Hamas militant group that rules Gaza used various floors of the Jalaa Tower for “significant electronic warfare” meant to disrupt Israeli air force GPS communications.
The article then said Kohavi had told “a foreign source” that AP journalists drank coffee each morning in a cafeteria in the building’s entrance with Hamas electronics experts, whether they knew it or not.
In an article published on the website of Channel 12 news over the weekend, the military chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi, was quoted as saying that “the building was destroyed justly” and he did not have a “gram of regret.”
The article claimed that the Hamas militant group that rules Gaza used various floors of the Jalaa Tower for “significant electronic warfare” meant to disrupt Israeli air force GPS communications.
The article then said Kohavi had told “a foreign source” that AP journalists drank coffee each morning in a cafeteria in the building’s entrance with Hamas electronics experts, whether they knew it or not.
Israeli official rolls back army chief comments on AP Gaza
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is that their way of saying "oops"???? guess we got caught lying, just like the orange man taught us. always make the press the bad guy
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Sounds like they have one of the many press secretarys 45 had.
The AP called the comments “ patently false,” noting that “there was not even a cafeteria in the building.”
Asked about Kohavi’s comments, Defense Minister Benny Gantz told foreign journalists that the military chief was only speaking in figurative terms.
“When the chief of staff talked about it, he was trying to portray the atmosphere, not the actual aspects,” Gantz said.
The AP called the comments “ patently false,” noting that “there was not even a cafeteria in the building.”
Asked about Kohavi’s comments, Defense Minister Benny Gantz told foreign journalists that the military chief was only speaking in figurative terms.
“When the chief of staff talked about it, he was trying to portray the atmosphere, not the actual aspects,” Gantz said.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT (Join to see) The Military's Relationship with the Media will always be Problematic. How Much to Share? When Media Shares Information that is Nothing More than Military Propaganda? Not Liking what the Media chooses to Share? But the Violent Control of the Media that Fascist Like to Exercise by Blowing Up a Media Building? Very Popular Technique of Mussolini.
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sounds to me like they either missed their target or targeted the wrong building. and they can divulge the info they had without divulging sources
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