Proving they're tough

Israel has continued its campaign against "terrorism" in Gaza by shelling a school full of children:

At least 30 people were killed and 55 injured when Israeli artillery shells landed outside a United Nations-run school in Gaza, UN officials have said.

A number of children were among those who died when the al-Fakhura school in the Jabaliya refugee camp was hit, doctors at nearby hospitals said.

Israel said its soldiers had come under fire from militants inside the school.

Of course they had - just as all those wedding parties the US bombs in Afghanistan are really groups of militants. They can hardly admit they've made a mistake, can they?

Meanwhile, I wonder if this is what Abraham Rabinovich had in mind when he said that Israel had to devastate Gaza to show its foes they have teeth and rebuild its reputation after its loss in Lebanon? But the only reputation they seem to be enhancing is their one as child-murdering monsters, who are no better (and a lot worse in terms of body count) than the terrorists they claim to be fighting.