Listen, counter insurgency fights are not easy. I've been there. I've done that. When you have civilians mixed in with the enemy, when you have them using human shields every day, The scrutiny that the Israeli military is being put under right now is completely unfair. Nobody wants civilians to die in battle. I've been there. I've had to pull dead kids out of buildings. It's a terrible thing. But you have to, at some point, execute the objective. (18:47–18:52)
CLAIM
Asserts that the current international scrutiny on the Israeli military is unjust.
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