Gaza war lacked restraint, some Israeli troops say

Gaza war lacked restraint, some Israeli troops say

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"Better hit an innocent than hesitate to target an enemy," is a typical description by one unidentified soldier of his understanding of instructions repeated at pre-invasion briefings and during the 22-day operation, from Dec. 27 to Jan. 18.

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One of the biggest problems Israel has right now, is not what it has done, but what it has denied it has done.

Now we can see the opinions of the ones forced into this mess on behalf of the politicians, sitting about as far away from blood and death as you can get. I'm not surprised that this kind of thing is coming out now, those men in the IDF are human, and being ordered to kill innocent people under conscription is going to take it's toll. The article headline really doesn't do it justice, I was expecting to see a bunch of excuses, but there were none.

I'd like to see more of these kind of stories. Stories which are the Israeli side of things being told by the actual people, not being blared out by the government, media, and IDF mouthpieces.

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