Hamas killed three Israeli students.
Hamas kidnapped a soldier.
Surely Hamas is to blame for the carnage?
I hope that you spot the inconsistencies?
The start
When the bodies of three Israeli teenagers, kidnapped in the West Bank, were found late last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not mince words. "Hamas is responsible, and Hamas will pay," he said, initiating a campaign that eventually escalated into the present conflict in the region.
So that is why the attacks on Gaza were launched, because it must be true otherwise Netanyahu would not have said such a thing, surely.....
To justify the continuation
“We have unequivocally condemned Hamas and the Palestinian factions that were responsible for killing two soldiers, and abducting a third, almost minutes after a cease-fire was announced [on Friday],” Obama said. “That soldier needs to be unconditionally released, as soon as possible.”
This must be true because Netanyahu said so.
Our dear old MSM and our politicians frothed at the mouth and lept to Israel's defense without pause for thought. Even our do nothing congress leapt into action
If Israel spent most of last week grousing about the United States, by Friday it was surely ready to change its tune.
The US Senate passed a $225m (£134m) bill to replenish Israel's "Iron Dome" anti-rocket defence system. More importantly, Washington's condemnation of Hamas for breaking that day's ceasefire was swift and fierce.
The casualties so far [four days ago]
The death toll in Gaza has topped 1,400, with more than 40 people dying after another day of intense Israeli bombardment from air, sea and land.
The toll is now greater than in both previous rounds of fighting between Israel and Hamas. Israeli military losses are also significantly higher.
Palestinian officials in Gaza said on Thursday that 8,200 people had been wounded in the four-week operation. Up to 80% of the Palestinian casualties were civilians, according to local non-government organizations and the UN.
Three civilians on the Israeli side and 56 soldiers have been killed so far
Updated casualties H/t Lepanto in the comments. The death toll in Gaza has now risen to 1,762, with more than 9,212 people injured
Well it is all because Hamas are using human shields dontcha know, now do you really know?
Perhaps before swallowing everything that the Israeli government and military says as the pure unvarnished truth, that we actually start by asking questions?
The one thing for sure in the whole of the Israel-Palestine conflict is that the truth has been very hard to find.