IMRA's Dr. Aaron Lerner reports this brief exchange concerning
stricter rules of engagement for IDF forces operating in Gaza during a television news interview with IDF Spokesman Brigadier-General Avi Benayahu:
In a live interview on Israel Television Channel Two News, IDF Spokesman Brigadier-General Avi Benayahu, explained that in light of the ceasefire, IDF forces operating inside the Gaza Strip face stricter rules of engagement.
He gave as an example of the stricter rules that the IDF did not strike a
rocket launcher positioned between two schools that fired rockets towards
Israel.
On the other hand, Benayahu noted that IDF forces in the Gaza Strip have
instructions to return fire to protect themselves.
The news anchor declined to ask Benayahu why the IDF saw it fit to allow
rocket attacks against Israeli civilians when human shields might be hurt
but did not apply the same restriction when it came to the defense of IDF
forces.
A better question is: what kind of "morality" allows the Israeli army not to attack someone in the act of attacking Israeli citizens? Stricter rules of engagement indeed.
