That’s what it was called by a field correspondent on the evening news: “Israel’s war on Gaza“. Hamas fires rockets into Israel, Israel shoots back and it’s called Israel making war on Gaza.
Much was made of the fact that many have died as a result of Israel’s response while no one was been killed by the Hamas attacks on Israel. Apparently, because Hamas is ineffective, Israel should not strike back.
For its part, Hamas is getting exactly what they want — civilian casualties — the better to claim aggrieved status. So they locate their rocket launchers in civilian neighborhoods where there is certain to be collateral damage.
And this makes Israel the bad guy.
I am reminded when, as a kid, I was visiting a neighbor across the street and we got into a squabble about something or other. We fought. The other kid’s mother came to the door and wanted to know what was going on. My opponent declared, “It all started when he hit me back!”