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Everyone who was killed had no connection to the target,\u201d he said.\nWithout evacuation\nAnother soldier, identified as B, who served in a drone unit, said that after the war began, the division was authorized to operate under expanded parameters, meaning attacks expected to injure up to 20 noncombatants \u201cdid not require approval from a senior official outside the targeting cell.\u201d\nA third soldier, identified as C, who served in military intelligence, said that several months after the ground offensive began on Oct. 27, 2023, his unit was asked to prepare an entry zone into Gaza City for a maneuvering division.\nHe said several high-rise buildings in the area were considered a threat to Israeli troops and that an intelligence assessment estimated that about 25% of residents were still inside their homes.\n\u201cWhen we tried to ask how many residents remained and whether that was reasonable, we were told that those residents were targets for the forces on the ground. 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