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Source: https://www.thecipherbrief.com/column_article/correcting-the-record-on-the-idf-and-lethal-targeting?
Correcting the Record on the IDF and Lethal Targeting
(Cipher Brief) Gen. Charles Wald, USAF (ret.) and Geoffrey Corn - A recent New York Times article suggested that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) made a deliberate decision to green-light increased civilian casualties. But this narrative is divorced from the realities of how a professional, law-abiding military wages war. The Times cites examples of IDF strikes that did result in many casualties, but it fails to cite the numerous attack proposals that were canceled or suspended because a commander who could authorize them decided not to do so. Hamas has eroded every distinction between military and civilian targets, turning all of Gaza into a battlefield and intentionally endangering civilians in doing so. Gen. Charles Wald is former Deputy Commander of U.S. European Command. Geoffrey Corn, Director of the Center for Military Law and Policy at Texas Tech University, served as the Army's senior law of war advisor.