Quote Originally Posted by Mourhelm View Post


I agree. Civilians should be kept away from the fighting. That's why Israel had to take action. Hamas has been targeting Israeli civilians for long enough (eight years!).

(Edit: rephrased an unclear sentence)
And yet if you look at the casualties on both sides, you will find HUUUUUGE civilian casualties on the palestinian side, while they are minimal on the Israeli side. If Hamas could, they would certainly try to match what Israel is doing, but we gotta deal with reality.
And the reality is that Israel targets palestinian civilians, or doesn't care if they are in the way. Israel kills, Hamas is a small buzzing fly compared to what Israel does.

You try to get sympathy for israeli citizens living in "fear". You don't know what fear is until you have lived in Gaza. You can hide in your bomb shelters while the rockets hit the deserts around you, you can go see a movie, go to the store, visit the hospital, use a welfare system.
The Palestinians can't do any of this. Every day, they live in EXTREME terror of being killed by seemingly random bombing by Israel. Every family has casualties, the children are utterly traumatized, 800-900 children are dead/injured during this week.

And the poor israelis complain about broken windows and splints in doors... They don't really get much sympathy when ppl see what they are doing to the palestinians. The palestinians would give anything to just have a few broken windows and some rockets in the desert. It would be a luxury for them.

So please don't tell us how much we need to feel sorry for israelis, you don't know what fear is.