IDF Intelligence Soldiers Describe Loosened Gaza Targeting Rules
Summarized from Haaretz English by baba
Israeli intelligence soldiers report a shift to loosened targeting rules in Gaza, allowing strikes with potential for hundreds of civilian casualties after October 7. They claim orders discouraged questioning missions and that intelligence on enemy forces was scarce beforehand. The IDF disputes these accounts of its strike approval policy.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Israeli intelligence soldiers report loosened Gaza targeting rules with potential for hundreds of civilian casualties.
- The policy shift reportedly occurred in the days following the October 7th attacks.
- Soldiers claim they were ordered not to question their missions.
- Intelligence on enemy ground forces was reportedly minimal for months before October 7.
- The IDF disputes the soldiers' accounts of the strike approval policy.
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