Leaked document reveals IDF Advocate-General informed U.S. of use of unmanned aircraft, armed with missiles, to kill 16 Palestinians at a Gaza mosque.

The IDF uses unmanned aircraft to assassinate militants, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.

Israeli unmanned aircraft (IDF spokesman)

 The IDF Advocate-General Maj. Gen. Avichai Mandelblit revealed this information to the previous U.S. Ambassador to Israel, James Cunningham, in a meeting that took place in February 2010.

Maj. Gen. Mandelblit met with Cunningham in order to update him on the investigations that the IDF conducted into the deaths of civilians during war in Gaza in 2008-2009.

One of the incidences of civilians deaths that they two discussed was the IDF attack on a group, who was standing next to a mosque in Gaza. 16 Palestinians were killed in that attack, most of whom were inside the mosque at the time.

Human rights groups and international media have been reporting for years that the IDF uses unmanned drones armed with missiles in order to attack targets in Gaza. This is the first instance of it being published in WikiLeaks, quoting the words of the IDF Advocate-General.