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Israel maintains that the attack was accidental, and that the ''Liberty'' was mistaken for an enemy vessel (either a Soviet-built destroyer, an Egyptian horse transporter half the size of the ''Liberty'' or an even smaller British-built ''Hunt''-Class destroyer, according to various IDF sources.) Prior to the first attack the ''Liberty'' was overflown eight times by Israeli reconnaissance aircraft. In the IDF official report into the incident it was acknowledged that the IDF had identified the ''Liberty'' as a US monitoring ship at least three hours before the attack, but that this information had "gotten lost."<ref>http://thelibertyincident.com/docs/israeli/IDF-history-report-en.pdf</ref> Despite this admission, an Israeli court ruled that no member of the IDF had been negligent.

Israel maintains that the attack was accidental, and that the ''Liberty'' was mistaken for an enemy vessel (either a Soviet-built destroyer, an Egyptian horse transporter half the size of the ''Liberty'' or an even smaller British-built ''Hunt''-Class destroyer, according to various IDF sources.) Prior to the first attack the ''Liberty'' was overflown eight times by Israeli reconnaissance aircraft. In the IDF official report into the incident it was acknowledged that the IDF had identified the ''Liberty'' as a US monitoring ship at least three hours before the attack, but that this information had "gotten lost."<ref>http://thelibertyincident.com/docs/israeli/IDF-history-report-en.pdf</ref> Despite this admission, an Israeli court ruled that no member of the IDF had been negligent.

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