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Argument: Israeli precision strikes sought to minimize civilian deaths

Issue Report: Israeli military assault in Gaza

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Benjamin Netanyahu. “Militant Islam Threatens Us All”. Wall Street Journal. January 7, 2009 – “Israel’s measured response to rocket fire on its cities has come in the form of surgical strikes.”

Steve Huntley. “Israel’s surgical strikes aim at reasonable goal”. Chicago Sun Times. December 30, 2008 – Another plus is that Israel planned well for this offensive. Civilian casualties are unavoidable when killers like Hamas hide amid the innocent — a war crime — but the Jewish state has taken pains to surgically target the terrorists.