From the NY Times: Grief and Rage at Stricken Gaza School

The bodies of the children who died outside the United Nations school here were laid out in a long row on the ground…

Hundreds of Gazans crowded around, staring at the little faces, some of them with dark eyes still open, but dulled.

Abdel Minaim Hasan, 37, knelt, weeping, next to the body of his eldest daughter, Lina, 11, who was wrapped in a Hamas flag. —From now on I am Hamas!— he cried. —I choose resistance!—

Can you see yourself, your children, your sons and daughters in this picture. I do. I look at my daughter every night, with her dark hair and expressive eyes, and I know what these folks are going through. I feel it to the depth of my soul.

Anybody recall the Israeli hostages in Uganda under Idi Amin? The Israeli armed forces could fly to a country in central Africa, extricate their hostages, take action against the kidnappers, and fly home. Yet, against terrorists living right next door, amongst millions of people forced to live in a cage, they choose to kill indiscriminately? Something wrong morally, strategically, functionally? Yes, it is called killing for the sake of terrorism, and you and I paid for the shells that killed these women and children.