The Israeli military said its aircraft fired at armed men entering a car, hitting one of them.
Immediately afterward, an Israeli aircraft fired at the militant squad that had launched the rocket, and confirmed a hit.
Two minutes later, the aircraft made a second pass and fired two missiles.
Ships and aircraft of CBG-14 will fire only if fired upon.
The aircraft mistook the British cruiser for their target and fired torpedoes.
These aircraft dropped six tons of bombs and fired 44,000 machine gun rounds.
All aircraft, avoid 1148 for five minutes and do not fire into region.
The first aircraft fired before it was actually in range; the others fired a few moments later.
As the ship was never directly involved in a conflict, her weapons and embarked aircraft did not fire a shot in anger.
During that vulnerable period an aircraft fired a missile.