Well, because Hamas hides among civilians, it is expected that there will be civilian causalities when Israel does anything.
And right now they're choosing to go with airstrikes, which are even worse. The only other option would be an actual invasion to take out the rocket sites and stop the attacks. Not sure which is better/worse.
The same thing keeps happening. Hamas shoots rockets into Israel for weeks or months, and then something bigger happens like a kidnapping and the whole thing escalates. Israel masses at the border, and spends about a week launching airstrikes. Sometimes the invade, sometimes they don't.
Will Hamas ever be defeated? Is that the solution? Obviously they need to go before there is any chance of peace. As to how you get rid of them I don't know.
Israel certainly doesn't help the situation with their policies that more than likely breed more Hamas supporters within Palestinian territory.
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