While hardly concrete evidence, the linked story was from the Editorial/Opinon and spoke in generalities that can hardly be confirmed,
[url]http://www.usatoday.com/news/comment/2002/04/24/ncguest2.htm[/url]
it is a FACT that not all Israeli citizens and members of the IDF are looking for genocide. Most of the harshest critics of Sharon and the current actions are from within Israel. Those who are devout in their beliefs at the expense of agenda are very much against the actions that the see as way too similar as those of Germany only 60 years before.
It is only logical and reasonable to assume that there will be members of the IDF who would unduly put their ass on the line for the sake of doing what is correct. Just as we did in Vietnam by going in harms way to try and protect the innocent.