“Israel went to extraordinary lengths to limit collateral damage and civilian casualties.”

— Martin Dempsey

Praising the Israeli army's actions in the military engagement with Gaza in 2014, as quoted in The Jewish Chronicle, 26 December 2014, p.20.

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