Sounds like bullshit reasoning used to make ones self okay with the ultimate deaths of children. When Palestine retaliates by kidnapping Israelis I assign them some blame. When Israel retaliates by bombing Palestine I assign them some blame. When Palestine retaliates by throwing some rockets over a wall and hitting Israel I assign them some blame. When Israel retaliates by building settlements on previously Palestinian land I assign them some blame.Your choice of words is good, I'd like to bring emphasis to the word "retaliation". Whatever reprisal the Israelis conduct, is in retaliation for this act that intentionally targeted children. If there was no aggression, there would be no retaliation, and no hypothetical future dead palis. Bottom fucking line. Israel has show over and over again that if you make peace, and KEEP to it, they won't be the ones to fire a shot. Egypt and Jordan are living, breathing, historical examples of this.
If someone shoots a missile at your house desiring the death of your children, and takes out your kids playing in the yard, then your fire one back, only later to find out you also ended up blowing away some innocents that the terrorists were using for cover, whose hands is their blood on, and were your acts not justified?
This is the same tactic used in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Hide amongst civilians and force unwanted casualties that modern democracies can't stomach.
The muslim extremists intentionally target children. The US/Israel does not, but unfortunately the way they are forced to fight the extremists, civilian casualties are unavoidable.
This isn't a case where there is a true aggressor and a civil entity looking for peace. It's two entities occupying one region and being unkind to one another. One side is winning though.