Zvi Barel, Haaretz Correspondent: ANALYSIS / Key Arab states hope for weakened Hamas
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Title:Crime against humanity?
Name:Jehudah Ben-Israel
City: JerusalemState: Israel
For eight years the authorities of Gaza, an independent political entity/state for all practical purposes, and their armed forces have been shelling the civilian communities of Israel with mortars and rockets, a crime against humanity!!!

Israel has attempted peacefully to put an end to it through all possible peaceful means, but to no avail. The only alternative remained was a military act against the rulers of Gaza, Hamas, and its armed forces.

Note the vast majority of people hit have been Hamas operatives, not civilians, due to Israel`s moral values and strict code of ethics.