They have conducted field-training war games involving fighting in cities. Squad leaders now use Radio Shack radios to command grunts, who no longer need to be within earshot. And instead of spraying crowds with pellets, the Marines concluded they'll use countersnipers to get the handful of combatants with actual guns in hostile crowds. Without the gunmen, women and children tend to be less bold. The right training also is critical.
Special forces are likely to handle the pressure better than regular troops.
Among the other options is the increased use of nonlethal weapons, most of which are highly classified. And it is the moral element that may pose the biggest problem for nation states. The problem is at a much higher level of war. For Israel to win, he says, it must act like a tribe, just as the Palestinians do when they hail their own fallen as heroes and exult when an enemy is killed. But there are risks.