Normally, I wouldn't be all gung-ho for any country based on a religion. But when all your neighbors' goal is to erase you from the planet, yeah, you get a waiver.
I'm glad we blindly? support Israel, because NO ONE else will.
Thanks to religion, we have a never-ending conflict in the middle east. Great idea!
But I digress.
Everyone suggesting Israel is going overboard has never experienced an ongoing nuisance.
Once that nuisance that you could destroy in 2 weeks actually hits you hard, an equal retaliation is no longer gonna cut it.
Hamas, you want to fire rockets and mosquito-bite Israel every few weeks or months, whatever, stop it. Pew-pew. Go away.
Oh.....Hamas, now you want to invade, kill, kidnap, and hide?
NOPE.
Israel should show what "full force" looks like, just in case Hamas doesn't realize the absurd amount of restraint they've benefitted from. Squash the bug. Kill it, so it can never harm you again.
Dead innocents?
Talk to Hamas. The first words out of my mouth the moment I heard they attacked, killed, and kidnapped Israelies was "welp, a lot of innocent Palestinians are going to die."
Because it was guaranteed. And Hamas guaranteed it with their actions.