"If you nevertheless want to know what I feel when I release a bomb, I will tell you: I feel a light bump to the plane as a result of the bomb's release. A second later it's gone, and that's all. That is what I feel."
-- Dan Halutz, interview with Ha'aretz, 21 Aug 2002.
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Center - Newly appointed Israeli Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz , center, kisses his grandson Yonathan following the official handover ceremony at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, June 1, 2005. Halutz, 57, a former air force chief, outraged Israeli liberals when he endorsed the July 2002 decision to drop a one-ton bomb on the home of a Palestinian militant leader in a densely populated Gaza neighborhood at night, killing the target and 14 sleeping civilians, among them nine children. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Left - A Palestinian child [Mohammed Matar?, aged 4] is removed from the rubble of destroyed homes after a late night Israeli missile strike July 23, 2002 in Gaza City, Gaza. Hamas leader Salah Shehadeh, who was at the top of Israel's most wanted list, and 14 other Palestinians, including children, were killed in the attack. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said that the operation was a success and that civilians were not the intended targets. The attack comes during a time when both sides were talking about easing tensions in the West Bank. (Abid Katib/Getty Images)
Right - Rescue workers recover the body of Dina Rami Matar, aged 2 months, one of nine children under the age of eleven who were killed when an Israeli F-16 dropped an American one-ton precision "smart bomb" on an apartment building in the al-Daraj neighbourhood of Gaza City on 23 July, 2002. Dina’s cousins Allaa (11), Dalia (5), Mohammed (4) and Ayman (18 months) were also killed. (Abid Katib?/Getty Images)
