Really not looking for any argument with this post, just wanted to point to a comparison with current events. Of course someone will be contentious, it seems almost unavoidable in today's social media. If the police break into a murders house and there are 20 people there and the murderer is hiding, is it ok for them to kill 5 and say it happened because they were looking for the murderer? Or even 1?. Approximately 1,200 people were murdered by Hamas on Oct 7th (https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-revises-death-toll-from-oct-7-hamas-assault-dropping-it-from-1400-to-1200/). The latest reports I have seen indicate more than 34,000 people have been killed in Gaza (https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/34735-palestinians-killed-78108-injured-israels-military-offensive-gaza-since-2024-05-06/). When the count was approx 33,000, the Israeli military estimated 13,000 were militants (https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-gaza-war-statistics-95a6407fac94e9d589be234708cd5005). Please draw your own conclusions.