High Level Military Group blasts UN commission, says Israel set a standard no other army could match
TIMES OF ISRAEL
Defense experts back IDF’s 2014 Gaza campaign, claim critics are invoking wrong set of laws
by Judah Ari Gross
December 13, 2015
Defense experts back IDF’s 2014 Gaza campaign, claim critics are invoking wrong set of laws
by Judah Ari Gross
December 13, 2015
Armies of the world would be rendered far less effective if they were forced to operate under the same restrictions as the IDF during last summer’s Gaza campaign, a group of former military and defense leaders from nine countries claim in a new report released Friday. Following a months-long investigation into the 50-day conflict, the High Level Military Group — made up of retired generals and defense officials from Germany, Colombia, India, Spain, Australia, the United States, France, the United Kingdom and Italy — found that Israel not only abided by the laws of armed conflict, but far surpassed their requirements, despite damning reports by the UN and non-governmental organizations that accused the IDF of potential war crimes
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