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Israel’s Bombing Rules: Surprised by Oct. 7 and fearful of another attack, Israel weakened safeguards meant to protect noncombatants, allowing officers to endanger up to 20 people in each airstrike.
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Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
The military insists these tactics contribute to the rising death toll among noncombatants.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
However, the ministry has not differentiated between combatants and noncombatants in its figures.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Israel’s Bombing Rules: Surprised by Oct. 7 and fearful of another attack, Israel weakened safeguards meant to protect noncombatants, allowing officers to endanger up to 20 people in each airstrike.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
The military insists these tactics contribute to the rising death toll among noncombatants.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
However, the ministry has not differentiated between combatants and noncombatants in its figures.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Israel’s Bombing Rules: Surprised by Oct. 7 and fearful of another attack, Israel weakened safeguards meant to protect noncombatants, allowing officers to endanger up to 20 people in each airstrike.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncombatant
civilian
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The war in Gaza Israel’s war in Gaza began when Hamas stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting about 250 others.—
Eric Tucker,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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As The Associated Press reports, Israel’s military campaign has killed more than 54,000 people in Gaza, mostly women and children per Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not identify how many were civilians or combatants.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
1 June 2025
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