The continued existence of Israel is not at stake. In this war of choice, Israel has killed almost 2000 Gazans, injured 10,000, displaced as many as 500,000, or one third of the entire population and destroyed civilian infrastructure across the strip. Hamas, though it fires rockets indiscriminately into Israel has killed 64 Israeli soldiers, and 3 Israeli civilians. Further, Israel is using some of the most sophisticated weapons of war available, they are easily able to pinpoint targets, while Hamas is using primitive rockets that are unguided in the hopes that they land somewhere in the vicinity of Israeli targets.