02/01/2009 2:00:58 pm
Gaza Responsibility. It is always tragic when military violence leads to civilan casualties. The high number of deaths in Gaza, also women and children, is by no means an exception. So we have to find the cause of the Israeli operations, which, frankly, is not difficult - though it was not very much reported in many media. Hamas broke the cease-fire and started launching numerous missiles into the Israeli society. Israel naturally has a right and an obligation to defend its citizens from such acts of terror. Unfortunately, the cynic extremists of Hamas usually place their military equipment close to civilians - risking the lives of their own citizens. Now we have an escalating conflict, which will produce more extremism instead of further steps towards peace.