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How do you know that it was deliberate?

In one gun battle, an Israeli tank shell hit the Holy Family Church, which is part of a compound that also houses a hospital and an orphanage, according to Sister Sophie, a nun in charge of the complex. The shell hit a church roof and sliced off the hands and nose of a statue of the Virgin Mary, she told news agencies.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/14/international/middleeast/14CND-MIDE.html

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The army said it regretted hitting the church and damaging the statue, adding disciplinary action would be taken.

I don't want to believe it's true but why would disciplinary action be necessary if it wasn't deliberate?

As a Catholic I was saddened to read the above but truthfully this bothered me more Palestinian gunmen lynch collaborators in Manger Square.

The IDF and all Israeli authorities will have my continued prayers for their success in fighting terrorism.

Thanks be to G_d no one in the church or hospital was hurt.