{
  "id": 13908443,
  "title": "'Even the lowest-ranking target justified civilian casualties': Israeli intelligence soldiers detail Gaza policy shift",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/even-the-lowest-ranking-target-justified-civilian-casualties-israeli",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T07:31:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Haaretz",
    "slug": "haaretz",
    "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-10-12/ty-article-magazine/.premium/even-the-lowest-ranking-target-justified-civilian-casualties-israeli-intel-soldiers-describe-shift-in-targeting-policy-in-gaza/000001a1-2ab9-d02f-a5bb-6fff7e540000"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Intelligence and drone personnel describe loosened targeting rules, strikes approved despite the risk of hundreds of civilian casualties, and orders not to question their missions. The IDF disputes their account of its strike approval policy",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Netanyahu demands probe into Gaza film's anonymous Israeli military sources",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/netanyahu-demands-probe-into-gaza-films-anonymous-israeli-military",
        "published": "2026-10-12T01:03:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Netanyahu orders probe into anonymous Israeli sources behind award-winning Gaza documentary ‘NAZA’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/netanyahu-orders-probe-into-anonymous-israeli-sources-behind-award",
        "published": "2026-10-12T03:02:09.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}