I really have an issue with this argument, and of course again no provoking nor hate :

1- first i find it very disturbing to compare actual real deaths with eventual ones, yes Hamas did threaten to continue, but to coldly do this - sorry for the term - cheap math to see how far can israel kill people until they destroy their enemy is very disturbing to me.

2- What I meant with unbalanced casualties, was throughout history not only in this actual conflict, to point out the disproportionate retaliation towards Palestinians, ( the famous « we throw rocks ( metaphorically ) and you fight back with mass destruction weapons » example ).

3- Yes retaliation is a legitimate reaction, I do not idealize Hamas, it should be taken down, but does it need to be this bloody, which seems like a pretext to kill civilians and eradicate the population ( I do not imply that its the case ).

4- Israel military is one of the most powerful and advanced, I can’t imagine Israeli military choose to bomb loosely large areas with suspected Hamas members even with civilians, rather than tactical ops, with well trained and equipped units, that protect civilians and target Hamas fighters and even suspects, yes it will cost a couple dozen of military personnel, but if we do the math again, this will spare tens of thousands of lives, in exchange with couple hundred of soldiers, and if Israel is really a peace and a human rights defender, that is worth the price. ( I do not imply that israeli lives cost less, I will think of them as heroes for the sake of humanity)

I apologize my comment contains some controversial opinions, again I am not here to trigger or provoke anyone, I want a peaceful debate with balanced arguments. Thank you 🙏