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Israeli Brigade Commander: Excessive Caution in Gaza Caused Harm to Soldiers
(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - The Israel Defense Forces exercised excessive caution during the Gaza war last summer, a brigade commander who fought in Gaza told Ha'aretz. "I have no pangs of conscience. If anything, I think we were too humane. There were instances where the excessive caution caused harm to soldiers." His remarks reflect the position of most of the commanders who operated in Gaza. In one case, "We discovered a tunnel 200 meters from a house. There were large, three-story villas there and the battalion commander decided, after consulting with me, not to take down the house but to take other precautions....Later on a Palestinian sniper entered the house, fired from it and seriously wounded an [IDF] officer. Only then did we destroy the house." In another case, "We had five mortars fired at us from a school at a distance of 20 meters. We did not respond by firing at the school."