Would you like to know WHY thousands of people died (which was actually on both sides)? Because Hamas, the main governing body of Gaza (think about that for a second- the government of this place is run by a terrorist group) uses civilians as human shields for one, and on many accounts, they launch the mortars, rockets and such from school buildings and family homes, thus damning the family. even when Israel sends in leaflets and text messages telling the people in that area to vacate because they will be destroying that area, the terrorists force the civilians to stay so as to have more of a body count to tack onto Israel, when in reality this 'body count' is really just their doing. I could go on for a lot longer, but I think you get the idea.