Thread by @Aizenberg55

🧵Many leading worldwide military experts affirm that Israel is complying with rules of war in Gaza – no war crimes, no genocide, no indiscriminate attacks. In sharp contrast all reports by NGOs UN ICJ ICC claiming war crimes never cite military experts. Review of 10 experts: 1/

John Spencer @SpencerGuard is the leading expert on urban warfare, at West Point the top US military academy. Spencer has written extensively how Israel’s actions to limit civilian harm are unprecedented. Like the others, he is simply pro-truth. 2/
newsweek.com/israel-has-cre…

British General Sir John McColl was Deputy Commander of NATO Forces, so his view carries weight. He wrote piece titled “I know Israel’s doing all it can to save civilians” which says it all. NGOs can’t cite NATO leaders to support their fake “reports.” 3/
thetimes.com/article/e21252…

General Mark Milley, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, defended Israel’s actions in Gaza noting the US would certainly do the same, and that there was no way around collateral damage given Hamas’ tactics. 4/
cnbc.com/video/2024/05/…

Major Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox served in UK Army 2005-21 and lectured at Sandhurst, UK’s top military academy. Fox has spent considerable time on the ground in Gaza and with IDF leadership, noting how IDF actions comply with international law. 5/

https://x.com/Mr_Andrew_Fox/status/1830539106587156733

Military experts Geoffrey Corn @cornjag1 (Chair of Military Law at Texas Tech Univ. & Lt Col US Army) and Lt. General George Smith noted Israel “consistently implements its legal obligation to avoid, whenever feasibly, [civilian deaths].” 6/
newsweek.com/beware-false-m…

Colonel Richard Kemp @COLRICHARDKEMP who led British Forces in Afghanistan also spent extensive time in Gaza with IDF. He said “No army takes more precaution than the Israel Defense Forces in order to prevent civil casualties.” 7/
ejpress.org/col-richard-ke…

Italian general Vincenzo Camporini and former Chief of the Defence General Staff, among many military leaders and experts, wrote a detailed brief to the ICC defending Israel’s action in Gaza, that they conform with the Laws of Armed Conflict, see key paragraph from document: 8/

General David Petraeus, who led US forces in Afghanistan & Iraq, has been critical of Israel’s Gaza strategy & endgame, but defended IDF action to get rid of Hamas, noted collateral damage is to be expected and Gaza is "vastly harder" than US faced. 9/
cnn.com/videos/world/2…

Lt. Gen David Deptula @Deptula_David & scholar on aerospace studies wrote: “The military activities I saw, as well as the processes and procedures followed by the Israeli military, are indicative of the IDF complying with the laws of armed conflict.” 10/
forbes.com/sites/davedept…

A group of 7 US generals, admirals, etc. (see list of names below) in an 85-page study noted Israel’s “overall compliance with the Laws of Armed Conflict.” There are many more names that could be added to this thread. 11/

A search for military experts arguing Israel is violating the rules of war in Gaza comes up empty. There is plenty of criticism of strategy, endgame & leadership, but not that IDF is deliberately killing civilians. Fake NGOs @hrw @amnesty @btselem can only fabricate & lie. END