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Article: IDF commander 'had no idea' he killed young girl
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- December 16, 2004
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Jerusalem Post Staff
Jerusalem Post
12-16-2004
Headline: IDF commander 'had no idea' he killed young girl
Byline: Jerusalem Post Staff
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 02
Thursday, December 16, 2004 -- The company commander suspected of deliberately killing 13-year-old Iman al-Hams near Rafah in October reenacted the killing in front of TV cameras on Wednesday. He insisted that he did not know she was a young girl and had every reason to believe she was a terrorist.
Returning to the isolated IDF position in the southern Gaza Strip with a Channel 10 camera crew, Capt. R. said that the incident began when the outpost's siren went off, signaling that someone had infiltrated. Then a soldier came ...