(Slate) William Saletan - By the standards of war, Israel's efforts to spare civilians have been exemplary. The worst civilian death toll occurred in a strike on the Khan Yunis home of a terrorist commander. Residents say the family got both a warning call and a non-lethal "knock on the roof" to signal an impending strike. Israel didn't fire until the family had left the house. Then some went back inside, trying to form a human shield.
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