Not all civilians are equal: 3,803 Palestinians, 177 Israelis since 2008 – msn
“What did you expect? I don’t know why we’re so surprised. When you put your foot on a man’s neck and hold him down for three hundred years, and then you let him up, what’s he going to do? He’s going to knock your block off.” – Lyndon Baines Johnson
Israel defense minister orders ‘complete siege’ of Gaza, vows no electricity, food or fuel – AP
“…But civilians have already paid a high price. Around 700 people have been killed in Israel — a staggering toll by the scale of its recent conflicts. Nearly 500 have been killed in Gaza, an enclave of 2.3 million Palestinians bordering Israel and Egypt.”
Note that the report describes the Israeli deaths as “staggering.” The deaths in Gaza, not so much.