Israel's death squads: A soldiers story

The Israeli military's policy of targeted killings has been described from the inside for the first time. In an interview with The Independent on Sunday, and in his testimony to an ex-soldiers' organisation, Breaking the Silence, a former member of an assassination squad has told of his role in a botched ambush that killed two Palestinian bystanders, as well as the two militants targeted.

The operation, which took place a little over eight years ... Full Story »

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Dan Kennedy
2.2
by Dan Kennedy - Mar. 1, 2009

This account of the work of an "Israeli assassination squad" is based on the word of one anonymous former soldier, with very little verification of the facts he presents. Though the difficulty of reporting such a story is understandable, it does not pass the bar for quality journalism.

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