Pilots refused to bomb Hezbollah terrorists traveling in an ambulance
Pilots refused to bomb Hezbollah terrorists traveling in an ambulance
More evidence of pilots refusing orders: in the Second Lebanon War pilots refused to bomb. The terrorists shot at a military force. The pilots were not handled with.
Elhanan Groner, HakolHayhehudi, 6 Av 5783 – 10:08 07/24/2023
Engaging clearly marked medical personnel or vehicles is a violation of the Geneva Convention. The fact that the vehicles were actually being operated by terrorists was unknown to the individual pilots themselves. Therefore, an order to engage the ambulances constituted an illegal order which need not be followed.
It wasn’t the first ambulance over the years, used by anti Usrael Arab terrorists. And in this case, the pilots were told that there are dangerous people there.