Practice Relating to Rule 15. The Principle of Precautions in Attack
In 2009, in a report on Israeli operations in Gaza between 27 December 2008 and 18 January 2009 (the “Gaza Operation”, also known as “Operation Cast Lead”), Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated: “In assessing the adequacy of precautions [in attack], under the provisions of [the 1977] Additional Protocol I, the measure is one of ‘feasibility’, not perfection.”