JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of surgery at Gaza’s largest and most advanced hospital held up his phone Saturday to the hammering of gunfire and artillery shelling. “Listen,” said Dr. Marwan Abu Sada as fighting raged around Shifa Hospital.

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    The way I see it, Israel is doing its best to free the hospital from Hamas with as minimum innocents getting hurt as it can.

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      If that were true, then they would be sending in troops on the ground instead of indiscriminate bombings.

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        There are troops on the ground and the bombings are not indiscriminate, but on legitimate military targets.

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          What does the civilian:soldier death ratio need to be in order for it to be considered a ‘legitimate military target’?