Thread: About ten days too late Israel's IDF has been briefing international media on all aspects of the conflict with Gaza, including logic behind striking large buildings...but honestly they should have done this on day 1 to set the narrative about the goals and strategy
They didn't need to give anything away but could have briefed media on Hamas and its use of civilian areas...something that is known but deserved to be said again and again with evidence. Problem is Israel didn't brief much foreign media or diplomats on May 10-14.
It's not that Israel would have convinced the extremists, but it would have been less behind the curve. Instead it struck the Al-Jala tower leaving a lot of questions and controversy. Even opening days of war led to questions about strikes on large buildings. And "proportion."
You'll notice during the battle of Mosul, which I covered, there was little talk of this proportion issue...like the Al-Jadid airstrike killed 105 civilians...no one made some weird comments arguing that the "balance" of casualties between the US and ISIS npr.org/sections/thetw…
There was no magic wand and looking back is always easier, so the question is will Israel do better next time in the briefings?
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