General Discussion

insist on hard lines and black/white reasoning seem to be only interested in arguing rather than accepting uncomfortable truths.
All of this can be true at the same time. For example, I think Hamas is full of sh** and propaganda, nothing they say can be trusted. After all, propaganda is their primary weapon in the war against the Jews and Israel. I also think that that majority of those killed are either Hamas operatives themselves, or they are supporters of Hamas who voted these barbarians into power, fully supporting them. I also believe there are a smaller number of innocent people getting killed on both sides of that border. All of these things can be true at the same time so I'm not sure why some people can't accept that.
I also don't think the life of an Israeli Jew has any more value than the life of a Palestinian. But to be very frank about it, I'm going to condemn those who chose war over those who are attempting to stop it, and that means I side with Israel on this matter. War is terrible because casualties and horrible death are a consequence of it. And lets be honest, if Israel intended to commit "genocide" as is often insisted here, it would already be done. There wouldn't be a square inch left in the strip that wasn't charred black.