Israeli pilot sorry about dead civilians in Gaza

Seeded on Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:52 PM EST (msnbc.com)

An Israeli helicopter pilot who has flown dozens of combat missions over Gaza the past few weeks on Tuesday said he felt sorry for civilian casualties and had aborted missions to avoid them.

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