Former US ambassador to Israel defends Israeli targeting of children in Gaza

Former US ambassador to Israel, Jacob Lew, defended the Israeli targeting of children in Gaza during an interview with The New Yorker. Lew claimed that initial reports of civilian casualties were often inaccurate and that many of the children killed were the children of Hamas fighters. He argued that if a Hamas commander brings their family to a military site, it makes them part of a legitimate military target. This justification was presented as a reason why the legitimacy of a target flows from the population present at the site.