Israel faces diplomatic fallout after dozens killed in Gaza

Really? Diplomatic fallout for Israel? When has it ever been thus. First of all, we're reacting to new reports of "dozens killed in Gaza" (assuming they were killed by Israelis). How reliable are those reports? Remember the evidence we've seen of Palestinians staging IDF killing "innocents" (who walked away after the director shouted "Cut!") No, you go right ahead and get all lathered up. I'll wait to hear the facts...

The gauntlet was thrown down, so they're only doing what they need to do to survive.

Of course they do. They're supposed to just lay down and let the dogs eat them. According to the UN, they have no right to defend themselves because they're the only predominantly Jewish country on the planet and they account for around half of the world's Jewish population.