It really disgusts me how some people can even try to justify the mass killing of civilians! 44% of the population in the Gaza Strip is under 14, while over 50 percent is under 18. your sending bombs to children, knowing every bomb sent out has a 50%chance of hitting kids. Coming up with dirty lies about Hamas soilders using children as shields as an excuse? There is no justifiable excuse, period! I don't know how anyone in there right mind can support the zionist state of Israel when many Jews don't even support it! Unlike contrary belief Jews, Christians and Muslims all coexsisted in harmony in Palestine. How can you call it self defence when 190 children have died and 1000's are injured? How can you bomb a school, hospital and densely populated areas and call it self defence! How is it humanly possible that people lack compassion and are fully blinded by the propaganda the media is spreading about "defense". Those who live in Gaza are kept like prisoners behind walls and fences, unable to escape the bombings. an Israeli economic blockade has forced Palestinians into poverty. No water, no food, no medicine and no safe place to hide. They are fighting back against there oppressors !! They are fighting for basic human rights and needs. The real terrorist is not Hamas, the real terrorist are the Israel government who lie, manipulate and deceive people into condoning the killing of innocence. I'm ashamed with Stephen Harper and his unwavering support of Israel. Where has the humanity gone?