"You feel like a child playing around with a magnifying glass, burning
up ants." That is how one Israeli soldier described Operation Cast
Lead, the Israeli Defense Force's (IDF) invasion of the Gaza Strip,
which began in December 2008.
His is one of 54 testimonies collected by the Israeli organization
Breaking the Silence in a 110-page report that paints a disturbing
picture of urban warfare in one of the world's most densely populated
areas, where more than 1.5 million people occupy a narrow strip of land
between… more