Israel is not even using one of its most effective weapons against the missile launches to try to minimize casualties. Where is the Israeli counter-battery artillery? Counter-battery radar and ballistic computers can backtrack a missile and determine its launch coordinates within seconds of it being fired and feed those coordinates to the Howitzers and self-propelled guns on the border of Gaza.

In past conflicts they have used this, but this time they are holding their fire simply to reduce civilian deaths. Sure artillery has become much more accurate but in a crowded urban environment like Gaza it is not accurate enough. An artillery accuracy of plus or minus 10 meters or so requires multiple shells to be fired to assure impact on the target, and would also do much more damage. That is why the IAF is using guided missiles almost exclusively and guided bombs for heavier targets like ammo bunkers.

There is only so much the Israelis can do with current technology to reduce the number of collateral deaths and injuries, they are doing the best they can. While showing remarkable restraint by keeping their artillery idle this time I might add.