Fallen soldier's father blames himself for son's death in Lebanon war

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Aharon Gabay, the father of Lieutenant Ilan Gabay who was killed in the Second Lebanon War, is not waiting for the final report of the Winograd Committee to be released Wednesday.

He says he knows the details of what happened in the war, and is not interested in the public implications of the report.

Instead, he admits his failure. "What can possibly happen after the report is released? So Olmert will remain in power a few more months, another year. In the end he will leave. What is important is what I did not do during the war," explained Gabay. "I knew where I was sending my son," said Gabay last week. "I saw the illogical missions they were given, I knew there was no connection between their capabilities and the missions. I knew they had not trained enough and they were missing equipment. We did not lay ourselves down for them while we were watching senior officers running to be interviewed on television," said Gabay.

"We did not stop it in time, and now I have no interest in going to demonstrate across from the gates to the Knesset... My opinions I tell my friends," he explained.

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