Look - this is the Palis problem. If they stop the bombing and the terrorizing, there would be no Israeli attacks. It is terrible that a baby is killed in a strike that is meant to kill people who are planning to kill innocent Israelis. But the answer is for the Hamasses to stop the missiles on Sderot and to stop terrorizing Israel that has vacated the Gaza Strip long ago.

Israel should not apologize for harming Palestinian civilians by accident until the Palestinians stop trying to kill Israelis on purpose.

I guess attempt #3 on Hanieya's life eventuated in yet another "accident"; my greatest sympathies are to the parents of this baby who were, amid the struggles of Palestinian life, overjoyed, only to lose after six months. Too sad this is; and to Mike #2, you are a biggot with that genocidal mentality of yours. Go get help; NOW!

Finally, the United nation admitted it, Occupation is the cause of all terror, you are asking the victim to stop asking for him god given right “Freedom”. Don’t see any other nation giving it up, why should Palestinians do that. Give them their home land in Gaza and West Bank peacefully, and the freedom to build their own country without your list of conditions, then there will be no terror and no Qassam....tell this to yourselves and to your leadership.

Gaza has been vacated by Israel, and you know it. It is so pathetic to hear the justifications people give for Hamas terrorism from Gaza after Israel left every last square inch of it. It was so amusing to hear Robert Gates chastise Turkey today for sending troops into northern Iraq, to stop attacks into THEIR territory, and say, "Turkey must understand that there is no military solution to their problem.", while prosecuting a war in the same country, without a casus belli, and with no solution in sight, military or otherwise. Look how the world preaches to Israel about 'international law' and 'human rights', while illegally violating the territory of sovereign Serbia, and allowing a Genocide, perpetrated by Arabs, to continue unchecked in Darfur. Can you hear that sound, Nick? It's HYPOCRISY and IMPERIALISM on the march.

i have seen this picture way before probbaly like last summer....sooooo stop finding ways to insult him...go find something in Olmert, it;s countless.

You should not say this, it is a stupid comment from you. My condolences to this family who lost the child. Now, it is clear that Hamas voted by majority of Gaza arabs, therefore, majority of Gazan not only want destruction of Israel, but also perform daily criminal missile shootings against innocent israelis, and this is terrorism and criminal act. Israel is only defending itself, which is strongly different than Gazans who shoot missiles only intended to kill israeli civilians. Israel left Gaza to give these arabs a chance, and they answered and still answer it by shooting thousands of daily missiles against israeli children and women. This is unnacceptable as human being behaviour. It is indeed a criminal act and have to be erradicated. I still feel sorry for the loss of this child life, but Israel would never fire back if these Gazans first didn't have this killing behaviour by people who they voted for by majority of Gazans.

...iNCLUDING THEIR SHIELDREN TACTIC. WE KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING ! TROUBLE MAKERS LIKE THIS HAMAS MUST GO for the sake of world peace! BTW IAF/ IDF THANK YOU :-)

why accept hamas casualty reports haven't we learned anything from al dura case and dozens of other cases???

I hope that you're not ignorant enough to think that giving Gaza and the West Bank to Palestinians will solve the problem. They don't want that. They want all of Israel, period. Land for peace doesn't work. Take a look at history, its quite evident.

There is no "occupation." WE GAVE AWAY GAZA. You have no brain do you.

ALL THESE ARTICLES MAKE ME SICK THEY ARE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT THE PALS BUT NOT WHEN IT COMES TO ISRAELIS OR JEWS.... WHAT'S THE PROBLEM HERE..... JUST CAUSE THE PALS SAY SO DOSN'T MAKE IT SO!!!!!!!!

In case you were not aware, Israel has not "occupied" Gaza since 2005. Since Gaza and the West Bank are essentially two distinct entities now, what gives Hamas the right (under your logic) to continue launching the Qassam rockets into Israel if they are no longer "occupying"? Furthermore, why do you insist on drawing a moral equivlancy between Israel targeting specific areas and attempts to minimize collatoral damage where as Hamas INTENDS to cause as much harm to Israeli cities and civilans as possible without regard to who they kill? So do not blame the problems of your poor little Palestinians on the big bad Israelis. You should remember that the Palestinians never miss an opprotunity to miss an opprotunity.

clearly "occupation" only decreased the attacks. they think israel's existence is "occupation". understand that. This is sad, but war is war. israel did not target the baby on purpose. if they stopped the kassams, the baby would not have died by accident.

#6 Nick - Can't expect much from someone named after a shaviing accident. The PAL terrorist started their terror nearly 100 years ago under Haj Amin Al Husseini with the massacres of 1920, 1929, and 36. They have continued their terror with the hijackings of the 70's, murders, stabbings, bombings, driveby shootings, and 2 Intifadas. THAT IS ALL THEY KNOW. A LEOPARD CAN'T CHANGE ITS SPOTS AND PALS CANNOT BEHAVE LIKE RESPONSIBLE HUMAN BEINGS - THEY ARE TERRORISTS!

Nobody will be spared. if hamass wants to indiscriminately kill civilians, civilians in gaza and in Israel, then we will continue the war to their liking. Savages will be defeated. gaza will be freed. Israel will be saved from the moslem onslaught. No more kowtowing to the west, to the arabs, to anybody. Destroy hamass. If gazan arabs want to be shields to terrorists, so be it. Eliminate anyone part of the aggression.

Jordanian doctors on a picnic - innocent children (retrieving launch ramps) - innocent civilians...Every time the IDF or IAF strikes a target in Gaza, the Palestinians are going to say that the Israelis are killing civilians indiscriminately, when in fact Hamas is using them as a human shield to protect them while they pursue their attacks, which are AIMED at civilians and are therefore international war crimes. The fact of the matter is that Hamas is making up most of these “innocent civilian death” claims in order to garner international sympathy. At any rate, if they would just stop shooting the rockets at Israel, they wouldn't have to worry about any of this.

Have no doubt that the reason children are being killed is because Hamas sends them to be "martyrs". They shoot the missile, distance themselves from the launcher and then send children to recover it. This is their barbarious mentality. We've seen it in Lebanon, on tape, several times, shielding themselves with their people's children. And when they die, the people mourn them as martyrs, cry for revenge, and blame the Jews for killing their children. They are the lowest expression of mankind.

He also said that if any Israeli child is killed, no matter, since he/she will grow up and go to army. Why don't you enlist in Hamas, they welcome your kind there?

The media portrays only Israeli responses, not the arab aggression, and acts of war crimes. Any civilian victims of Israeli self defense are the responsibility of the hamas terrorists.

It's strange that what is obvious to you and me is so completely illogical to those who are still sending rockets and wondering why their people are getting hurt or killed when all they have to do is press the 'stop' button and have this whole situation of innocent victims becoming statistics. The differnce is that we're purely 'defending' ourselves as anyone would in any situation. No-one wants to be attacked but only fool would not defend themselves.

To your knowledge: Gaza and Samaria + Judea (so caled West Bank) were occupied by Arab powers until 1967. Was there terrorism? Yes. The terrorism that the Arabs started against the Jews was initiated during 1920's and it continues ever since. Now, study a little bit in order to be able to use your own brain. As simple as that.

Apparently, as I can see, you are happy with Killing 4 children, among them one infant, and that's indicate one thing; "IOF's BANKRUPTCY", we dare you to embark a wide-scale operation, inside GAZA, because you know that there will be a huge casualties among your terrifying soldiers. STOP your oppressive siege first, and don’t try to convenes the whole world that you get out from Gaza, as a "good-well gesture"! We are brothers in Humanity, first and all.

Let the penny drop Moron, we do not occupy Gaza! and whats more, untill they learn not to shoot kassams we will continue occupying the west bank

This story is being widely reported on the BBC but they completely censored out any reporting of the Arabian Terrorist missile attack on S'derot earlier this week which injured a 10 month old Jewish child.

Why report about baby killed? War is War. Why not report about Jewish children killed by Islamist-JIhadists? The Islamist-Jihadists have no mercy on the Jews. They have been bombarding Israel with thousands of rocket attacks the past 3 years. AND SO LONG AS THE LEFTIST GOVERNMENT IS IN POWER, THOUSANDS MORE ISLAMIST-JIHADIST ROCKETS WILL BE RAINING ON ISRAEL. It is time Israel has a NEW GOVERNMENT. The people of Israel should demand a Vote of NO Confidence on their government for failing to protect and defend the nation against these unrelenting rocket attacks. This will pave the way for new election where the people will elect a strong and competent government that will put an end to the Islamist-Jihadist aggressions against the State of Israel. It is time Israel is in control of their destiny and NOT the Antisemites and Islamist-Jihadists who trying to usurp Israel's GOD-given biblical and historic homeland and effect a Final Solution on the Jews.

These alegations of civilian casualties are unconfirmed one sided reports that are consistant with "dirty tricks" like "the Aldura incident" or "human shields" all of which are crimes against humanity. Israel hereby denies the unsubstantiated alegations that any civilians were harmed during its pricision operations to eradicate extremists from firing rockets.