I completely agree with you up to your last paragraph. And I again ask, how should Israel have responded to the attack? No one seems willing to answer that.
Hamas attacks defenseless people then runs and hides behind women and children. And then works social media to enlist naïfs to its cause.
This entire situation is FUBAR but as much as you might disagree with the Israeli response, let’s keep in mind who instigated this war. If Mexico had launched 3000 missiles indiscriminately at Texas, and attacked SXSW, what do you think our response would have been?
And also again, if the settlements had been attacked instead, this would be an entirely different conversation