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A Balancing Act in Jabalya

(Jerusalem Post) Margot Dudkevitch- Soldiers are thoroughly briefed and are extremely cautious, doing their utmost to avoid causing injury to the civilian population. "There have been a number of occasions when we allowed cells firing anti-tank rockets at us to flee because they chose to launch the attacks from the backyards of people's homes, and we refused to shoot at them, fearing civilians would be harmed," St.-Sgt. Ori said. Maj. Itamar said they also try to avoid demolishing local homes, doing so "only when it will grant us a better view of areas from which Kassam rockets are fired, or if terrorists launch attacks from the buildings, thereby endangering the troops."
2004-10-06 00:00:00
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