"a state can defend itself against an armed attack
There is no question of self- defence - this is simple butchery of non combatants who are attacking nobody.
The Nazis gave the same eccuse when they butchered the people of Lidice
You don't even bother to respond to the appalling death toll and the behaviour that has brought it about - the 16 dead desrve all they got for sheltering Hamas, no doubt
I've said it before Keith - you are a fascist
Jim Carroll