Having spent some time in combat zones myself, I can say one thing with great certainty: War zones are dangerous places. You can get hurt or killed. And it’s not just active combatants that can get hurt or killed; see Dresden or Berlin, Tokyo, or Nagoya, in 1945 – or, yes, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Non-combatants have been getting hurt or killed in warfare since the first primitive man picked up a rock and chucked it at a neighbor. It’s sad and tragic, but it happens, and not even the precision of modern weapons and targeting systems are perfect in reducing this collateral impact.
In another example of this, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that an Israeli airstrike had unintentionally hit an aid convoy in Gaza, killing seven aid workers.
Israel’s military voiced “sincere sorrow” over the incident, which ratcheted up international pressure for steps to…
