"Terrorist infrastructure"

I guess to Israel, that means anything Palestinian.

Good heavens, over 140 dead... have they taken complete leave of their senses??!! This is unconscionable.

Though I expect the USA to -by reflex- approve this by blocking any UN action, and despite my low expectations of my own government, I hope the world will speak as one to denounce this. There can be no justification for killing 140 people and wounding so many more, so carelessly. None!!

While I certainly have some sympathy for those in Israel living within reach of the homemade Palestinian rockets, they have mostly themselves to blame for this. Gaza is an open air prison under unbearable pressure, the living conditions are shocking. Drive people into a corner and you will make the reaction as radical and unbending as it has become.

The solution to this hell is in Israeli hands, and it does not include more death and destruction.




Edit: A few hours later and the death toll is at 195. This is unforgivable!

Edit, one hour later: death toll is over 220 now, and rising. Many seriously injured. Israel says it's only the beginning, Hamas is calling for a third intifada. USA called upon Israel to try to not kill civilians. Jesus wept.

Edit, ten hours later: according to the news, the bombing continued. Death toll now is 271 with some 620 wounded. Amongst the targets were a mosque (2 dead) and the Al Aqsa TV station (which managed to stay on the air, broadcasting from another location). There is no international rule or treaty, it seems, that the Israeli government feels it has to adhere to, when it comes to Palestinians. Do they even see them as fellow human beings, I wonder...