Two American armed forces delegations are now in Israel, studying the lessons to be learned from the fighting in Lebanon, according to Maariv today. One delegation represents the U.S. Air Force, and the other is made up of ground forces experts, the paper said. Other delegations and experts are scheduled in the coming weeks and months, the paper said.
The Defense Ministry has not confirmed the presence here of the American delegations. But an earlier refusal to allow such study missions, imposed by former Defense Minister Ariel Sharon as a sign of displeasure with the Administration’s attitude towards Israel, has been overturned by his successor, Moshe Arens.
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