White House spokesperson: Israel is protecting civilians in ways even we wouldn’t

Israel National News reports: “White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby on Wednesday highlighted some of the steps the IDF has taken to prevent civilian casualties in Gaza, noting that some of Israel’s steps might go further than what the US would do.

‘They moved into southern Gaza on the ground in a way that was much smaller than they planned to do,’ he told reporters. ‘We think that was an output of some of the advice and counsel we provided them about urban warfare.’

A reporter suggested that Kirby was giving the Israelis more of a benefit of the doubt than President Joe Biden, who on Tuesday, during a conversation with donors, characterized Israel’s bombing against Hamas in Gaza as ‘indiscriminate’.

‘They have published online maps of places where people can go or not go. That’s basically telegraphing your punches! There’s very few modern militaries in the world that would do that! I don’t know that we would do that!’ replied Kirby…”

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