Yeah Tess the civilians deserve to die because they have stupid leaders, if that were the case all Americans would die given the stupidity of Bush. Really, for months Israel had a seige on the country, should they wait til they are so vulnerable they can't even fight just lay down and die. In any war they let civilians out, as an Israeli said they are in an open air prison. An Israeli man and former troop was just on Jazeerah begging the International community to STOP. They know the outcome of this crisis is far reaching terrorism in the future and in other countries. Its like make a fire you can't put out.