Letters to the Editor: Opposing views on Israel's tactics in the Gaza Strip
Los Angeles Times - 2024-05-15T10:00:57.332Z

To the editor: The Times' editorial board is wrong about suspending U.S. weapons shipments to Israel. Israel doesn't need correcting. In fact, it would be nice if the media recognized Israel’s exemplary efforts in achieving possibly the lowest ratio of civilian deaths to combatant deaths (about 1.5 to 1) ever seen during fighting in a densely populated urban area, where the ratio is typically much higher. And Israel needs those 2,000-pound bombs to destroy the extensive network of tunnels that...

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The Observer view: it’s up to Israel’s allies to persuade Netanyahu to stop standing in the way of peace