Dan Halutz: Military's Assumption That Hamas Leadership Was on High
Floor
Saved Their Lives In July 2006 Attack
Dr. Aaron Lerner 27 October 2024

Dan Halutz reveals ("And Broken" - Haaretz Supplement 25 October 2024) that when the political echelon "asked that we do an analysis and say what is the minimum that can be used" for the operation between 11 and 12 July, 2006
to hit the leaders of the Hamas movement, the military echelon decided to bet that the target was on a high floor and not in the basement.

The Hamas leaders were saved because they were in the basement.

In proper relations, the military echelon should have provided the political echelon with all the information so that the civilian leadership could decide whether to bet that the target was on a high floor or to risk causing more casualties in the nearby buildings by using a bomb that would also kill a target in the basement.

It can be assumed that the arrogance of the military echelon that Halutz's
revelation presents is not a one-off, but rather reflects a working method
that denies the political echelon the ability to choose between options
according to their discretion and not get stuck with making binary decisions
regarding the action plan submitted by the military echelon.
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