In the admin’s most detailed assessment of #Israel’s conduct in #Gaza, #State said in a written report to #Congress that Israel “has the knowledge, experience & tools to implement best practices for mitigating #civilian harm in its #military operations.”

But it added that “the results on the ground, including high levels of civilian casualties, raise substantial questions” as to whether the #IDF are using them sufficiently.

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US official tells CNN the target is NOT #nuclear

Prior to the Israeli strike Fri (local), US expectation was that they would NOT target #civilian or nuclear facilities, another snr US official said.

#Israel told the #US its response would be limited in scope. US #intelligence suggested Israel was weighing a narrow & limited strike inside #Iran.

The range of targets was “never specified in precise terms but nuclear & civilian locations were clearly not in that category,” the 2nd ofcl added.