Except for a hiatus from 70 to 1948 CE, Israel has been the major nation of Palestine since about 1500 BCE and Palestinian Jews have been there for over 2500 years (and almost as long in Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Arabia, Yemen, and many other nations until they were dispossessed by Muslim governments). It's sad to see non-Jewish Palestinians huckstered and used since the late 1940's by the surrounding nations of Egypt, Jordan (a newbie of a nation which comprises 2/3 of Palestine), Syria, and now Iran via Hamas, into fleeing Israel and then pulling the rug out from under them and making them into political pawns. There's a bad guy here, but it isn't Israel.
Hamas is a TERROR organization. They MEAN to kill innocent Israeli men, women, and CHILDREN, and have been doing so for YEARS. The Israelis have EVERY right to defend their civilian population by whatever force they deem necessary. They do not, like Hamas and others, PURPOSEFULLY target innocents. The Israelis are in a WAR for the very life of their country and countrymen, given the statements of their enemies who want to wipe them off the face of the earth. Liberals say, "War is not the answer", but in this case, it appears to be the ONLY answer to terroristic savages who only want to kill and die (to become "martyrs"). For the sake of the Isaelis AND the majority of the Palestinians, who MUST want peace, I hope the Israelis wipe out Hamas. Until then, they will continue to kill innocents while hiding behind their own people - innocent men, women, and children. The deaths of these innocents lay at the hands of Hamas, NOT Israel.