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Author: Lt. Col. (res.) David Benjamin

Lt. Col. (res.) David Benjamin served in the IDF Military Advocate General’s Corps (MAG) as Chief Legal Advisor for the Gaza Strip and as Director of the Strategic and International Branch in the International Law Department. He is the Director and Founder of SILS – Security & International Law Specialists.
Israel, Gaza and Humanitarian Law: Efforts to Limit Civilian Casualties

Israel, Gaza and Humanitarian Law: Efforts to Limit Civilian Casualties

February 26, 2015 | Lt. Col. (res.) David Benjamin
Addressing an audience in New York on November 6, 2014, the highest ranking officer in the U.S. military, General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged that Israel went to “extraordinary lengths” to limit civilian casualties and collateral damage during its Operation Protective Edge in July-August 2014. He also related that the […]