The response from Israel has already gone way beyond self-defence. Yes they want to eliminate Hamas, but they also need to change their ways. Without Israeli aggression in the region for many decades, and without their repression of Palestinians, there would be no Hamas and no Hezbollah. Something to reflect on.

As for the hospital explosion, like a lot of other people my kneejerk response, and the wrong response (though maybe not the wrong conclusion) was that Israel had perpetrated it. I'm not convinced that talk of the size of the crater or of scratchy bits of videos are especially enlightening. Until there's been an independent investigation I'm staying neutral. I could be waiting forever, but hey ho. The problem for Israel is that, whoever did it, it has already fomented much unrest in the region and put us all in a far more dangerous place. Both sides have lied incessantly about their military aggression in the past, lest we forget.