[orionsbelt]

You have no idea why they did it. Of course, neither do I. But I suspect they had good reason.

Rockets also continue to be fired daily from civilian areas of Gaza into Israel. When the rockets stop — whether because Hamas surrenders, runs out of weapons, or otherwise — I’ll be more inclined to think a bombing is presumptively unnecessary.

[Jochim]

Why do they deserve the benefit of the doubt?

It's undeniable that Israel lies brazenly and repeatedly about it's attacks.

See their murder of Shireen Abu Aqla last year for example.

The time footage leaked of one of their gunboats shelling four children playing on a beach still stands out for me.