Israel must be very careful in its response to the current Palestinian initiative. Israel holds immense and overpowering military assets to deal with this but they must be used in measure and as required. To launch an all-out, no-holds-barred offensive (as the current center-right government is likely to do) could lead to atrocities and accusations of genocide. In this digital age it would only take a few horrifying pictures of innocents caught in the carnage going viral for world opinion to turn against Israel. I have no dog in this fight but this fight could easily spin out of control and pull the entire world into flames if cooler heads do not prevail.
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Hamas has already posted pics of their attrocities. Israel has every right to put a boot into Hamas' rear end and stop this perpetual war. Crush the opposition until they cannot even try to sue for peace. The Japanese learned that lesson in WW2.
"it's ok for Israel to kill civilians but not Hamas"
is that what you are saying?
If the civilians support the Hamas action? Then yes....Turn Gaza into a crater.
does that logic apply to Israelis who support targeting civilians in Gaza?
"Turn Tel Aviv into a crater!"
or is it different?
what about when USA destroyed Iraq based on WMD Intel?
"Turn Dallas into a crater!"
or is that different too?