By Tom Rayner, Middle East Reporter
The most senior military official in the US has backed Israel's "knock on the roof" warning tactic, used during this summer's war in Gaza.
Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey said the technique of dropping a low-explosive shell on residential buildings as a warning prior to a full airstrike was an example of Israeli efforts to limit civilian casualties.
Made during a speaking event at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York, his comments follow Amnesty International's recent criticism of Israel's targeting of buildings in Gaza, which led to a significant number of civilian deaths.
General Dempsey said the underground tunnel networks used by militant groups in Gaza "caused the IDF some significant challenges", but said that in his opinion Israelis "did some extraordinary things to limit civilian casualties".
He also confirmed that the US had sent a team from the Defence Department to Israel in recent months to see what military lessons could be learned from Operation Protective Edge - the 50-day war in Gaza that raged in July and August this year.
UN figures suggest that of the 2,192 Palestinians killed, at least 1,523 were civilians.
In September, a report by Human Rights Watch described Israel's strikes around three United Nations schools in Gaza as "war crimes".
An Amnesty International report this week examined eight incidents in which a total of 111 people were killed, of whom at least 104 were civilians, including 66 children.
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