Mahmoud Zahar crossed from Gaza to Egypt for the Shalit talks as IDF helicopters hovered over him in a cheap attempt at intimidation.
As usual, IDF let the enemy leaders go unscathed.
IDF would undoubtedly consider the killing of an enemy leader with the loss of only a single Israel soldier a successful operation. Why then, did it refrain from firing at Zahar, even at the cost of losing Shalit?
The upcoming exchange is so unseemly that Netanyahu wants no responsibility for it, promising instead to submit it to the Knesset for debate.
