And presuming the localities really were struck by Israeli ordnance (a highly questionable assumption at this point) doesn't entail that any of them were calculated acts by genocidal fiends. Even smart bombs go awry about 5% of the time.

With all the violence that's going on, arguments about whether Israel blew up a church at a distance or whether Hamas beheaded a baby during its murder/ torture/ raping/ kidnapping spree seem to me to evade the main issues.

As for innocent victims (of which there are and will be plenty), probably a million, not thousands, of civilians died at Allied hands in putting an end to the German fascists and the Japanese warlords.

What was the alternative? A Nobel Peace Prize to the theorist who comes up with a good one.

And, yeah, it all sucks. I agree with that. Since religion doesn't work, maybe righteous indignation, or good vibrations and happy thoughts will fix it.