Originally Posted by Cherry7

It is a situation of colonisation, where Palestinians are resisting the occupation of a coloniser, and therefore any act maintaining the occupation is by definition disproportionate and illegitimate. Yet it is still worth stating the latest statistics ? at the time of writing ? to show where most of the violence is coming from:
?The Israeli army has killed more than 1 283 Palestinians. According to the United Nations, approximately 80% of those killed are civilians.
?A UN agency is housing 167 269 displaced Palestinians.
?Rocket fire from Gaza has killed two Israeli civilians and a Thai migrant worker.
?About 43 Israeli soldiers have been killed in combat, all as a result of the army?s ground invasion.
?More Gazan children were killed in the first week of bombing than the total number of Israelis killed by Hamas rockets in the past 13 years.
?Israel has bombed schools, hospitals, a clinic for the disabled, a UN refugee centre and more.