Iftach Spector
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Iftach Spector is a retired Israeli brigadier general, a former fighter pilot and commander of the airbases at Tel Nof and Ramat David. He serves on the Israel Advisory Council of the Israel Policy Fo
Iftach Spector
USS Liberty incident
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The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship, USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on 8 June 1967, dur
Iftach Spector
…kibbutz Hulata. Spector saw action in the Six-Day War, and was the commander involved in the Israeli airstrike on the USS Liberty that comprises the USS Liberty incident, in which 34 American crewmen were killed. As commander he maintained that he believed the ship was an enemy vessel and acted based on the intelligence…
Damaged USS Liberty on 9 June 1967, one day after attack
Israeli Motor Torpedo Boats (MTBs) in formation, c. 1967. These were the MTBs that attacked USS Liberty.
Hunt-class destroyer HMS Blean. The Egyptian Navy had Hunt-class destroyers in 1967.
Liberty turns to evade Israeli torpedo boats