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Source: https://nypost.com/2018/05/14/israel-defends-itself-against-palestinian-attackers-from-gaza/
Israel Defends Itself Against Palestinian Attackers from Gaza
(New York Post) Editorial - Those killed and wounded by Israeli border-defense troops weren't singing and chanting peacefully. They were planting explosives, firing guns and launching Molotov cocktails and kites carrying burning fuel into Israeli territory to set farm fields aflame. Hamas officials told them their mission was to "liberate Palestine." They even encouraged demonstrators to burst through the fences by falsely telling them Israeli soldiers were fleeing their positions in fear. In the most cynical turn, Hamas ordered rioters to set fire to the main crossing for commercial goods and humanitarian aid into Gaza. In short, Israel successfully defended a violent attack by an enemy openly calling for its destruction. Any other country would do the same, and rightly so.