I think clearly that on the ground campaign, you limit to a certain degree the amount of civilian casualties we're inflicting on the other sides, even at the risk of incurring greater casualties on your side among your soldiers.
Michael Oren discusses the Israeli military strategy to minimize civilian casualties while addressing the risk to their own soldiers.
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