We need to expand operations & keep up the pressure. If our gov't. agrees to some kind of truce, it will just be another example of putting their own short-term political interests above the security interests of the country.

is regular business for IDF. who could forget the assassination attempt against a different hamas member in which a rocket was fired at his car. it turned out it was the guy's car (good, shin bet), though he wasnt in it (some miracle i guess)-his wife and 2 or 3 kids were in it, they all died. inna lillah wa inna ilahi rajioon to all of these people. poor children.

that's a great achievement in selection, or you can say, in forced birth control.

since it's a palestinian mother and 4 palestinian kids, it's simply a security operation that is needed for israel.

It's really really sad, and ruins Israel's image worldwide

The IDF as well as the IAF does not tagert civileans. If civileans are killed you all should ask why hammas as hizbullah use human shields. That is because of you, so that you can say "Israel" is terrorist as you all sadi while second lebanon's war. The security wall and the incursion against quassams are needed to prevent israeli killed. Ask hammas to stop quassams and not to Israel to defend herself !!!! You wouln't your hate agains Israel and jews is to big....

All Israels cry when a child dys from Israel Family.... but Even howe YNETNEW Reported is biased and does not mention anything about the violation. They simply said They Died. I am not regreting because As far as I know every single person who dies from PALESTINIANS is Martyr and hope will go to paradise. But you should know that the WORLD is gaining more understang about the Midle east issue.

This is a real tragedy, but returning accurate fire (and yes, a tank shell is accurate fire) to where you were fired upon is a legitimate and legal act of war. Unfortunately, the Palestinians choose the cowardly action of hiding behind women and children. The real killers of this mother and her children are the cowards of the Hamas and the Palestinian Jihadis. Sadly, the Palestinian people are unable to comprehend this and do something about it.

At least five Hamas terrorists were killed, and several were wounded… The dead and wounded terrorists were reported to be member of… In another incident two Fatah terrorists were shot and killed…. And so on… It is time to understand that a “Palestinian state” is not the solution. The Arabs should think about emigrating, discretely, to other Arab countries before it is too late, (most of these countries are not very populated and can easily integrate them). That is the real solution as explained at : http://xrl.us/bi5c8

Where does this stupid idea come from? Does anyone really believe that a war can be fought but no one gets hurt? War is a terrible thing, people getting killed or injured very unfortunate. But, this doesn't mean that somehow, a war can be carried out without death & destruction. Come down to the real world, people. Those that would make war on us do not have such scruples - on the contrary, they glorify killing & rejoice in death. It is our misfortune that we are obliged to kill to defend our lives. All things considered, we should be proud that our society has not descended to the level of our adversaries, that we are not blood-thirsty savages for whom killing is a goal in itself. And it is equally immoral to not defend ourselves. You just sit & imagine the consequences of losing. If you think we will be treated with compassion & mercy should we be defeated in war, you really need your head examined.

then no Palestinian children would be killed in Gaza because there would be no Israeli army operations there. What would you Americans do if Cuba shot missiles at Florida? I am sure that you would retaliate and unfortunately I am sure that Cuban children would be killed in the crossfire.

will belive you Testimonies from Hebron: Soldiers choke, beat Palestinians http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3533441,00.html

we are sorry to hear such athing! the IDF can not and shouldnt be blind to this extent! sorry

Hey! I agreee completely with you, Israelis and Americans should take care of the scumbags terrorists and their families and send them to paradise for ever. Isn't that cute? They should take out all the filth that try to kill them and send them to paradise with their supporters like you and #s 1, 4, 7 and the dumb 8... You know what guys, if this pest did not hide among their family members and civilians we should have a more cleaned operation, but if you analise any of the insurgents or resistance movements in the world ever, the arabs are the only ones taking civilians and family members as shields.Does it prove something?

THQNK-YOU FOR SOME COMMON SENSE

it would be nice to think of them as ideal being all the way there in germany and all, the truth sadly is though actions speak louder than words. whether you are a child(of any age, they dont descriminate), a mother, an elderly woman/man, reporter, foreign person. no one is safe...unless you are pro-israel with no limits. if you read around the beginning of this article, the 15 year old boy was killed on his way to school. what did he get killed for? or may be his bookbag looked "suspicious" like wat happened to a little 12 year old girl on her way to school back in 2005/6. she was shot in the head. hamas/hisbulla dont use human shields-if they did, it would be in the news a long time ago, and not just that replayed over and over to remind you how evil they are. instead there has been numerous times there has been footage of human shields infact-but not done by palis, and it is clear that is the IDF doing that. you would see footage of tied/strapped palis that they would detain by first asking to see their id, then they would make them walk in front of the jeep, or strapped on the hood of the jeep, or even you would see them ordering a pali check to make sure the upcoming piece of road isnt a potential land mine by making the guy walk in front of them. or i guess you forgot about that. no, actually the "terrorist" is the one that can be clearly seen or exposed for their crimes, israel isnt any better than the people that they are crying wolf about. so technically israel, hamas, hisbulla, and who ever else you want to bring in the picture are terrorists. and no, israel is not justified, because it can go both ways (tohamas, hisbulla, etc.) so go find a new excuse some people are getting sick of your constant parroting of 100 year old "facts." the security wall is "needed" to carry on your visions of apartheid against the palis. if you really did care about human lives you would at the least express somthing for the children. israeli blood isnt expensiver than pali blood. im not going to ask hamas nothing. just as israel is "defending herself" so is hamas righfully. i guess you also forget about the daily civillian deaths that the palis have been subjected to since the start of this intifada (2000 or what ever) that last sentence i didnt get except if i omitted the first two words so i got the sentence as "your hate against israel and jews is too big" what a dramma queen you are! i hate injustices done to others no matter from what the side. what i hate more is when one side restricts some info to avoid incrimination and exploits the other side just to show that that side (israel) should be the side that gets to have the land. what? you dont expect the other side to get pissed off too and overlook this? wake up and amell the java

International Law for ya, http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/92.htm Article 28 The presence of a protected person may not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations. Article 29 The Party to the conflict in whose hands protected persons may be is responsible for the treatment accorded to them by its agents, irrespective of any individual responsibility which may be incurred. It's very clear that terrorists were hiding out between these civilians and therefore they bear the responsibility. Oh, whats that, international law doesn't apply? Because this is a nice opportunity to demonize Israel? I can't stand these hypocrites, no problem hiding weapons and terrorists between civilians, they can do no wrong!

If the Palis don't want to be killed, they should leave the land of israel on their own accord or accept the death that awaits them if they stay. G-g gave the land of Israel to the Jews and it is within our right to take it from them by force if needed. We have the weapons. wealth and full support of the United States on our side as Abbas recently found out, so the Palis better learn that they have two choices; leave on their own accord or face their eventual extermination.

I feel sad for these innocent children caught in the middle of Hamas’ arrogant stand against a better armed, more powerful country. They died young because their ‘government’ wants to show that they can stand up against us. They died for nothing. It's such a pity that the Palestinians are so tough when it comes to death. Is it not enough for them to look at these pictures and realize that's all they have in their future. Just death and more death. It's such a pity that heart wrenching photographs such as these do not encourage them to see that their attempts are futile and that they have gained absolutely NOTHING! It’s time humanity returned to this part of the world. The first step towards this is to stop the continual rocket fire into the south.

because hours after a fight between IDF and gunmen hundreds of meters from the houses, the IDF after troops' returning to their base, precisely shelled that particular house in retaliation. Certainly, there was no gunmen in that house, but only children having their breakfast meal. How could the family manage to offer meal for the kids in spite of the siege could have been the reason of the hit. There was no confirmation about the success of the attack, but missiles in populated area do always succeed.

when Israeli children are killed or hurt, stop complaining about the IDF.

David Chatuel lost his pregnant wife and 4 little daughters to a "Palestian" terrorist several years ago. Did any Arab cry over that? That was an intentional murder,while here, sad as it is, it was a mistake.

and needlessly. It is a terrible tragedy and in the same situaton as the parents, I would be require sedation but the innocent suffer for the evil amongst them.

First any death of civilians is a tragedy and we do believe this. We do not celebrate these deaths at all, certainly not and not with candies as in the streets of gaza when Israeli civilians are killed. That is one gigantic difference. Second: if you are against the killing of innocent civilians then why only complain when it happens to palestinians? Double standard?? I have seen palestinians and their followers thrilled when a qasam injures children or civilians, and show upset when it doesn't. So what exactly are you trying to say? You are right and we are wrong? We are terrorists and you are not? And those who are not palestinians, what do you we suggest we do under barrages of missiles? WHat would you do?? Aah! It is a waste of time! You are all so brainwashed you don't think clearly or fairly. We all need to make peace and that is the only solution.