You do realize that from the points of view of those of us not directly involved in this by whatever means, the weak-ass logic of trying to use what the other side did last time for what their side isdoing now, just isn't going to convince anyone of anything.
Why is that?
Because sure, we could look at this recent Hamas attack and try to justify it by what Israel has done before.
Then we could look at what Israel did before and try to justify it because of the evil that was done to them by Hamas before that.
And we could keep going back and back and back, event by event, for all parties involved until... what? Are we going to be able to figure out who really started it? It wouldn't matter because neither side would care. Too much blood.
So both sides must be happy with the status quo of murdering civilians, because both sides are doing nothing to put a permanent stop to it. Wiping out Hamas won't do that. Wiping out Israel won't do that.
If it's ever going to get solved, people are just going to have to STOP and put their hatred for the other side behind them.
So instead of blaming Israel, America, Palestinians, Hamas, etc. for each other's bad/evil behavior (what children do to be quite honest) they need to just stop.
Were that miracle to happen, then both sides will feel as if there were evil things done to them without retribution. That's what peace without victory for either side has to look like, because there can never be victory in this for one side or the other.
But both sides are clearly incapable of behaving in a civilized way. With the attitudes both sides have, this will never end.
Your side will continue to kill innocent Israelis (YES, there are innocent Israelis) and Israelis will continue to kill innocents on the other side.
I hope you're happy with that, because clearly that's exactly what those who agree with you want. It's also clearly what Israel wants. Both sides want the cycle of violence never end. That's sick. That's evil.
Why doesn't God just step in and solve it?