Bombing in the south of the tiny, crowded Gaza Strip killed scores of people overnight, local authorities said, and the Abu Marasa family is one of several Reuters spoke to that have concluded they may as well go back to their homes in the north.

More than a dozen members of the family were crowded into a car on the edge of Khan Younis, the main city of southern Gaza, their belongings strapped to the roof for the perilous journey back north through the bombardment.

“Why should we be martyrs in Khan Younis? We would better die as martyrs in our houses. Let the whole building fall on our heads,” said Saleem Abu Marasa, preparing to drive back.

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    I understand where you are coming from but attacking civilians is not self defense in any sense of the word.

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        Funny how that works isn’t it? Israeli leaders have lots of political friends in the west, and Palestinians don’t. Look who comes to the instant defence while ignoring the root causes of the attack to begin with.

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          Totally agree. The West is too invested in Israel, always has been. An ethno state is never a good idea.

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        And I would because that is also not self defense. Everything happening in Israel right now and the past decades is 100% the fault of Israel and it’s appalling that they are just getting away with war crimes. That said, attacking civilians does not help the Palestinians.

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      How do you regain access to your border without attacking it? How do you think Israel started enforcing that border blockade? They killed the palestinians there. Israeli politicians arent gonna waltz up to the border for hamas to attack instead.

      The common thread of all the attacks is they were all immediately on the border, like some within just a mile.

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        Yeah, Israel set up neighborhoods as a human shield, the policies of Israel are absolutely evil and shouldn’t be allowed. That being said, Hamas attacking civilians does nothing to help Palestinians.

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          Doing nothing does nothing to help palestinians. Protesting does nothing to help palestinians. Humanitarian efforts do nothing to help palestinians because israel blocks them out. At some point theyre gonna lash out for survival.

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          Love how its hiding behind children when israel kills the children bombing deep into Gaza, but heinous killing of innocent civilians when Hamas attacks the very edge of Israel.