Source says targeted killings done differently now

A senior Air Force officer tells Israel Radio’s veteran military reporter Carmela Menashe that there have been significant changes in the way targeted killings are approved and carried out. The source says that the ties and communication between intelligence operatives and those who pull the trigger are much closer, and the approval process is quicker. He adds that numerous strikes were called off during Operation Protective Edge because of insufficient intelligence or out of a fear of harming civilians.

The officer says that multiple bombs of 2-3 tons were fired at the house in Rafah in which three senior Hamas commanders were killed, in order to ensure they wouldn’t escape with their lives.  The bombs were appropriate for making sure the mission was carried out an neighboring buildings weren’t struck, he adds.