in targeting of schools and hospitals. it is still not clear what accusations that israeli military is facing but this decision, if taken, will put more pressure on the country s authorities. unsurprisingly, there has been a strong reaction from israeli officials. prime minister netanyahu said the un added the of history saying the israeli military was the most moral in the world. they have been reports saying both hamas and islamichhad will be added to this list and there has been reaction from the palestinians as well. a spokesman for the palestinian president the reuters news agency saying that this decision was a step closer to holding israel accountable for its crimes. meanwhile, us secretary of state antony blinken is set to make his eighth visit to the middle east since the october 7th attacks. for more on all this, i spoke to michael oren, the former israeli ambassador to the us to get his reaction to the un s report. outrageous, unacceptable. the israeli army is do
to the un s report. outrageous, unacceptable. the israeli army is doing its utmost to avoid civilian casualties and if you actually look at the numbers, hamas is going to say they have killed 35,000 palestinians, but we know we have killed 15,000 terrorists. take that as of the 35, take out of the thousands of palestinians have been killed by palestinian rockets falling short, 12% do. and you take people die of natural causes over the course of eight months, you are going to get down to a one to one combatant and noncombatant fatality rate which is terrible, every fatality is a tragedy, but compared to the united states war in afghanistan and iraq, and the other modern war, it does not come close to that ratio. ., , . ., ., ratio. to be clear we are still talkin: ratio. to be clear we are still talking but ratio. to be clear we are still talking but tens ratio. to be clear we are still talking but tens of ratio. to be clear we are still| talking but tens of thousands of civilians