Man kan sammanfatta deras utlåtande med att de säger att inga av västmakternas arméer skulle ha kunnat agera på ett bättre sätt för att skydda civilbefolkningen än vad Israels armé gjorde. IDF gjorde vid flera tillfällen mera än vad lagstiftning och överenskommelser om hur man skall agera i krig kräver säger medlemmar i gruppen.
Medlemmar i gruppen var bl.a.:
Gen. Klaus Dieter Naumann, who was the former chief of staff of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, and served as chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1996 to 1999.
Gen. Vincenzo Camporini, who is the former Italian chief of defense, and ex-deputy chief of defense general staff. He later served as chief of staff of the Italian Air Force, as well as chief of defense general staff.
Lt.-Gen. David A. Deptula is a former three-star general in the US Air Force with extensive operational experience. Deptula was the principal attack planner for the Desert Storm coalition air campaign in 1991. He served as director of the Combined Air Operations Center in Afghanistan and as the first deputy chief of staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance at Air Force Headquarters.
Medlemmar fanns också från Spanien, Australien, Storbritannien,Frankrike,Indien och Colombia.
“We can further be categorically clear that Israel’s conduct in the
2014 Gaza Conflict met and in some respects exceeded the highest
standards we set for our own nations’ militaries. It is our view that
Israel fought an exemplary campaign, adequately conceived with
appropriately limited objectives, displaying both a very high level of
operational capability as well as a total commitment to the Law of
Armed Conflict,” the report said. “The IDF not only met its obligations
under the Law of Armed Conflict, but often exceeded these on the
battlefield at significant tactical cost, as well as in the humanitarian
relief efforts that accompanied its operation.
“Where the high standards of conduct the IDF sets for its personnel have not been met, incidents are investigated, including criminal investigations, through an independent mechanism under the oversight of the democratic institutions of the State of Israel. This mechanism clearly meets the requirements of legal recourse, judicial independence and democratic oversight that our own nations set for ourselves,” the authors said."
“Where the high standards of conduct the IDF sets for its personnel have not been met, incidents are investigated, including criminal investigations, through an independent mechanism under the oversight of the democratic institutions of the State of Israel. This mechanism clearly meets the requirements of legal recourse, judicial independence and democratic oversight that our own nations set for ourselves,” the authors said."
"Following a months-long investigation into the 50-day conflict, the High
Level Military Group — made up of retired generals and defense
officials from Germany, Colombia, India, Spain, Australia, the United
States, France, the United Kingdom and Italy — found that Israel not
only abided by the laws of armed conflict, but far surpassed their
requirements, despite damning reports by the UN and non-governmental
organizations that accused the IDF of potential war crimes."
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