They have been firing rockets for decades.
They killed 28 people over 20 years with 20k+ rockets[1]. Israel killed 17 000 people in two months.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_...
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_...
honestly since the iron dome we are kind of "fine" with the occasional rocket (on a personal but also to some extent on a political level)
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Intifada [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Intifada
I'm guessing we disagree on who is responsible for those deaths.
If a country attacks me and I counterattack to make sure you can't attack me anymore, you remain at blame.
There are details, like deliberate civilian attacks vs collateral, but at the end of the day, the duty of a country is to protect it's own citizens, and not the citizens of the aggressor.
That doesn't justify attacks on innocent civilians in Israel, and those attacks don't justify attacks on innocent civilians in Gaza.
> From 2004 to 2014, these attacks have killed 27 Israeli civilians, 5 foreign nationals, 5 IDF soldiers, and at least 11 Palestinians[11] and injured more than 1900 people.[12] Their main effect is their creation of widespread psychological trauma and disruption of daily life among the Israeli populace.
Please at least try to stay true to the facts, even if you are not willing to steelman the other's arguments.
I've wrote what is in Overview section in the article. Which is "The rockets have killed 28 people and injured hundreds more."
> Please at least try to stay true to the facts, even if you are not willing to steelman the other's arguments.
Please don't imply intentions that were not mine. When I skimmed the article, I literally didn't see the information you mentioned. What would even be the point of that "selective reading"? Are we discussing a difference of 10-20 people against a figure of 17,000? This doesn't make sense.
Additionally, around 30% of those rockets land in Gaza.