“What we would deem to be proportionate, necessary in distinction in terms of civilian casualties is not necessarily the way that the Israelis look at it. The way they look at it would be how do you weight the lives of civilians against their military gains?”
There is ‘tension’ between Israel’s military objectives to destroy Hamas and growing calls in the West for ceasefire, explains Major General Chip Chapman.
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