That doesn't absolve Israel of the responsibility of the trapped Palestinians. We'll have to see when the smoke clears just how well a job the IDF did in preventing civilian causalities.

"Israel/Hamas is about Israel's existence."

Seriously? Hamas is currently a threat to Israel's existence? I don't know how to respond. Why couldn't Israel go back to properly guarding the wall and not go through another 18 years of relative peace?

That any Israeli can defend the fact that Netanyahu is still in power blows my mind. If he cared about Israel he would have resigned. As if Israel is dependent on one man. Not only that, he started to blame others for what happens. He'll only bring more problems to Israelis. What a mass delusion Israelis are living under!