Arik Diamant og David Zonsheine, tidligere IDF-soldater og medlemmer af fredsbevægelsen Courage to Refuse, skriver i Guardian om et-årsdagen for angrebet på Gaza:
The Israeli media marked the one-year anniversary of Operation Cast Lead, the war on Gaza, almost as a celebration. The operation is recognised almost unanimously in Israel as a military triumph, a combat victory over one of Israels deadliest enemies: Hamas.
As combat soldiers of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), we have serious doubts about this conclusion, primarily because hardly any combat against Hamas took place during the operation. As soon as the operation started, Hamas went underground.