> show one time when it happened this is sop for the idf as it serves two purposes: one, it increases the apparent civilians casualty count which helps raise sympathy and two, it reduces the apparent combat death toll which is something the israeli public doesn't have much stomach for. > a notable exception was the rocket attack 6 august, on a company of idf reservists assembling in the border community of kfar giladi, which killed twelve soldiers and wounded several others. initially israel did not confirm that the victims were military but eventually relented.    6_lebanon_war anyone can google this event and find a significant number of articles from the time identifying the soldiers as merely "israelis" it wasn't until later, after it was reported that they were reservists by a couple of outlets, that the idf acknowledged this fact. furthermore, aggressive military censorship is also sop for your country.   =30102
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