Israele ammette: a Gaza abbiamo messo a rischio i civili per proteggere i nostri soldati
Haaretz / Il Messaggero
04 Febbraio 2010
The Israel Defense Forces chose to risk civilians in Gaza in order to protect its soldiers during Operation Cast Lead, a high-ranking Israeli military officer told the British daily The Independent on Wednesday
The IDF officer claimed the traditional "means and intentions" engagement principle - stating that a suspect must have both a weapon and a visible intent to use it before being fired at - was discarded during Israel's Gaza incursion in late 2008 and early 2009.
Another officer, who had served at a brigade headquarters during the Gaza war, told the Independent the new IDF policy amounted to "literally zero risk to the soldiers".
A prominent Israeli human rights lawyer, Michael Sfard, told the British newspaper that if the senior commander's acknowledgement was accurate, it represented "a smoking gun" in the …
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