War Criminals and "Roof Knocking"

Here's something that the Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Force actually thought was known to the audience of Western media. He discussed it at a private meeting in New York last week. It seems the M(ain)S(tream)M(edia) leaves out some things that are favorable to Israel and its ethics although they are quick to excoriate Israel for civilian casualties in Gaza.

Here are the precautions that the IDF took to minimize civilian casualties.

1) When they identified a building as a legitimate target ( because of Hamas presence or actual rocket launching capability), the IDF would call each resident individually and warn them that the building was due to be bombed within, say, two hours. This is absurd from a military perspective because the Hamas could then evacuate rocket launchers and other equipment from that building.

2) When it became apparent that Hamas would then recruit civilians as human shields ( in violation of every international law pertaining to warfare ) to go to the roof of the subject building in order to deter the announced bombing, the IDF developed the "Roof Knocking" tactic.
Here, the IDF satellites would observe and count the number of civilians on the roof.

3) A dummy "bomb" would land on the building, doing no damage but presumably give the definite impression that something bad was either happening or going to happen. This was the "knocking on the roof." This almost always produced an exodus, Hamas or no Hamas. Only after the number of people seen to exit the building matched the number observed on the roof, would the IDF actually target the building with live ordnance. While Hamas will doubtless use this information to attempt to keep people on the roof after the knock, it is natural that Hamas assurances will have less weight afterward.

What other military organization has ever gone to such lengths to avoid collateral damage and civilian casualties? One might have thought the the MSM would at least mention this, for the novelty, if not out of fairness. It did not and still does not.