I’ve never understood this strategy. Wouldn’t the terrorists run out of the building as well, when you ‘knock on the roof’? Example, here.
Via Daily Caller:
U.S. forces have borrowed a strategy from Israel known as the “knock on the roof” in an apparent effort to minimize civilian casualties in the fight against Islamic State
As ISIS continues to suffer losses in Syria and Iraq, its forces have retreated to population centers in order to blend into the civilian population and use them as human shields against strikes from the U.S. and other operation Inherent Resolve partners. U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Peter Gersten told reporters Tuesday the U.S. engaged in its first knock operation on an ISIS cash hub around four weeks ago.
“We have to measure every weapon and every effect we bring to the battle space,” said Gersten, explaining how Operation Inherent Resolve forces go about trying to prevent civilian casualties during a video briefing with Pentagon reporters.