That is a positive step, but it is outweighed by repeated instances of Israeli airstrikes and shelling that appear to have needlessly killed civilians, from the four boys killed on a beach on July 16 to the 20 Palestinian civilians killed while taking refuge in a United Nations school on July 30. These incidents are reminiscent of past NATO operations in Afghanistan, in which there was manifestly less care taken to safeguard the lives of local civilians than there would have been if the lives of NATO troops, or their civilian compatriots, had been at risk.
这是一个积极动作，但在无谓杀戮平民的以色列空袭和炮击面前显得苍白无力：7月16日，四名男孩在海边被杀；7月30日，20名巴勒斯坦平民在一所联合国学校避难时被杀。这些事件让人想起了过去北约在阿富汗的行动&mdash;&mdash;很显然，对保护本地平民生命的关注远远小于有危险的北约将士或平民同胞。