"The fighting killed some 1,300 Gazans, the vast majority civilians, and thousands of Palestinian homes were destroyed. Israel emerged from the war with relatively few casualties — 13 dead, including 10 soldiers — but halted fire before reaching its objectives. No internationally backed truce deal is yet in place to prevent Hamas rocket fire on southern Israel or arms smuggling into Gaza."
So, 1,300 Gazans were killed, thousands of Palestinian homes were destroyed, and Israel emerged with "relatively free casualties" (100 Palestinians did for every Israeli killed) and yet what is most urgent is "preventing Hamas rocket fire on southern Israel or arms smuggling into Gaza"?!
And from the same article...
"[Ban] later visited the Israeli border town of Sderot, a frequent target of Hamas rockets and expressed sympathy with residents.
"'You live every day with a threat of a rocket falling from the sky. No human being can live in a state like this," Ban said. "I expect basic humanitarian law to protect civilian life to be respected and restored and not violated as Hamas has done.'"
If anyone has truly violated "humanitarian law to protect civilian life" it is Israel itself.
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