Those horrible IDF soldiers and airman. Imagine the nerve of them actually saving an Egyptian chopper crew’s lives.
The pilot of an Egyptian helicopter lost in the fog found himself over the Gaza Strip and under fire from Hamas militants Monday until Israeli warplanes escorted his aircraft back across the border, Egyptian and Israeli security officials said.
The red-and-white chopper strayed into the narrow coastal strip between Israel and Egypt shortly after Israeli forces withdrew from northern Gaza, concluding an offensive against rocket squads.
Hamas mistook the Egyptian aircraft for an Apache attack helicopter used by Israel in airstrikes and tried to shoot it down, the militant group said. There were no reports of injury to the pilot or any passengers.
The Israeli military said its radar picked up an unidentified aircraft crossing into Gaza airspace, which Israel controls. Fearing an attack, Israel scrambled jet fighters to investigate.
After a few tense minutes, Israeli radio operators contacted the pilot, who said he had lost his way. Israeli planes then escorted the wayward chopper back to the Egyptian border.
However, don’t worry about Israel’s reputation coming out of the media trashcan. The AP found a way to spin this article anti-Israel.
Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty in 1979 but relations between them are cool.
Yeah. It’s not like Israeli pilots would risk their own skins to save Egyptians from a war zone or anything like that.
It is very clear to me that Israeli’s are good people and are just defending their land and their people. Israeli strikes are very clear messaoges.
Peace be with the people who do not teach their children to hate.
“They thought a red & white chopper was an attack chopper??!!”
Sheesh