And what about Israeli suffering? What do you expect Israel to do after it dismantled Gaza settlements in 2005 and pulled out, and rather than reciprocate Israel's goodwill gesture, Hamas bakes and beheads babies? War is suffering. Israel does more than any other military in human history to avoid causing suffering even in the enemy population. If you think Israel can wage war even more humanitarianly, then prove it by citing a case in the past where someone somewhere in the world did better than Israel is doing now. If you don't think Israel should be waging war, then what do you think Israel should actually do? A ceasefire isn't doing something; that's not answer.