Israel’s actions are not as brutal as they seem

The newspapers are criticising Israel regarding Gaza. To love and support the Jewish state may seem like defending the indefensible, but much truth is left out in the media reports.

With images shown on our TV screens every night of Palestinian children being killed or injured, is it any wonder people are appalled by what they see?

Israel, however, does not target civilian casualties in its campaigns to rout Hamas terrorists and those responsible for firing rockets into Israeli towns. Hamas, on the other hand, considers any Jew or Israeli a legitimate target and seeks to kill as many as possible. The observation that Israel is being disproportionate in its use of force, due to the higher death toll among the Palestinians, hides the fact that Hamas wants to obliterate far more than the 60 Israelis who have died thus far. Its charter calls for the destruction of Israel as a nation.