[countrybama24]

Sure. But to be fair, wikipedia shows there have been 33 Israeli deaths from rocket attacks since 2001 [1] and the last two major flareups between the two have had extremely lopsided death tolls [2]. During the last 2014 conflict, that article states there were ~100 Palestinian deaths and zero Israeli deaths (at the time). During the 2012 conflict, there were 167 Palestinian deaths, >50% being civilians, compared to 6 Israeli deaths (four being civilian). I would be happy to look at alternative sources if you have any on death tolls, since objective figures are certainly hard to come across.

That same article describes the rockets you reference, but with the added context of relative quantities:

"According to the IDF, around six rockets are being fired at Israelis every hour. However, many of these rockets are not sophisticated, and they either fail to land in populated areas or lack the firepower to cause casualties when they do: Sometimes, the payloads are removed from missiles in a bid to increase their range."

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_... [2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/07/11...

[golergka]

These figures aren't entirely accurate, but they actually prove my point: palestinian deaths are tragic, but the only alternative is to let even more of these rockets through, which will lead to more deaths, although on israeli side of the border. Iron Dome has a limited capability, and where the rocket attacks start to get dense enough, the only option left is to destroy the launch sites and stockpiles.