Setting aside your personal insult at the end I appreciate that you gave a thoughtful reply.
1) Yes, I know it was Lebanon, not Gaza, where the attack occurred. I was remembering several posters saying the people in Gaza deserved what Israel was dishing out because even though they had no prior knowledge that the Oct 7 attack would happen they cheered after the fact. Which makes me wonder if those same people think they would deserve an attack on them personally and/or their family members for doing the same thing as the people in Gaza.
2) & 3) Hezbollah, like Hamas, has a political wing and a military wing. The political wing is active in the civil governance of Lebanon. They are not fighters. Yet many of them had been handed the pagers to take with them wherever they go, putting everyone around them at risk. Which is what happened. Many of the injured and some of the killed were innocent civilians. Yet they were targeted right along with those in the military wing (which I assume you believe were legitimate targets). Plus, I don’t believe the two sides are technically at war. An argument is being made that what Israel did was a violation of international humanitarian law, the document of which both Israel & the USA are signatories.
4) You call it retaliation, which I suppose it is. Do you not believe that Hezbollah’s attacks are in retaliation for years of Israeli atracks on their country? Israel’s attacks include dropping white phosphorous on Lebanese villages, a well documented war crime. My point being neither side is the “good guy” side. Actually that’s been my point from the beginning.
Again, with the exception of your closing insult I appreciate that you made a reasoned argument.