Hamas terrorists usually fired rockets at Israeli towns from civilian areas in Gaza. (IDF Spokesperson Unit)
"Col. (ret.) Richard Kemp, former commander of the UK's forces in Afghanistan ... told Tazpit News Agency that the United Nations, foreign governments and human rights organizations were 'deliberately misunderstanding, and misrepresenting, international laws of armed conflict,' specifically referring to the law of proportionality... Meanwhile, he continued, those very same bodies were not adequately holding Hamas responsible for their own clear violations, particularly regarding "'human shields.'"