11-28-2008, 11:48 PM
<b>India's rescue efforts badly planned, says Israel</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Israel defence official believe that the security forces had failed to gather sufficient information about the situation before storming the three places under siege, states the report.
It added that the commandos, in their haste, had probably risked the lives of the hostages.
<b>"In hostage situations, the first thing the forces are supposed to do is assemble at the scene and begin collecting intelligence. In this case, it appears that the forces showed up at the scene and immediately began exchanging fire with the terrorists instead of first taking control of the area," </b>the paper quotes a former official in Shin Bet, the Israel Security Agency, as saying.
Israel Defence Minister Ehud Barak has also conveyed his concerns about the safety of Israelis
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It added that the commandos, in their haste, had probably risked the lives of the hostages.
<b>"In hostage situations, the first thing the forces are supposed to do is assemble at the scene and begin collecting intelligence. In this case, it appears that the forces showed up at the scene and immediately began exchanging fire with the terrorists instead of first taking control of the area," </b>the paper quotes a former official in Shin Bet, the Israel Security Agency, as saying.
Israel Defence Minister Ehud Barak has also conveyed his concerns about the safety of Israelis
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