Can you imagine how terrible the artillery troops who fired the shells at Beit Hanun yesterday must be feeling now?

No, I cannot imagine what it would be like to be forced to defend my homeland from terrorists who fire rockets indiscriminately at innocent civilians from their own civilian neighborhoods.

In response to Kassam rocket attacks on southern Israel following the IDF withdrawal from the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanun on Monday, gunners were ordered to “fire at the source” - the spots from which the rockets were launched.

The Palestinian terrorists firing at civilian targets in Ashkelon, Sderot and other communities in the western Negev must know that the IDF can and will retaliate, and respond swiftly and strongly.

Oh, they know alright and that’s why they do it. Because they are evil to the core and have no reverence for human life whatsoever.

Both Hamas and Hizbullah, in the case of Lebanon, were quick to call both attacks “massacres” and yesterday a Hamas spokesman reiterated that Israel should cease to exist.

Apparently, they are all too willing to sacrifice their own in order to destroy Israel. Now my friends, that is hate.

There’s a key difference between the Hamas and Hizbullah fighters and Israel’s. They intentionally fire rockets at civilian targets, hoping for maximum casualties and damage.

We don’t. The artillery troops who fired shells at Beit Hanun yesterday weren’t hoping to hit civilians. They were targeting terrorists firing rockets.

Of course, CNN is as stupid as ever:

A CNN interviewer asked the prime minister’s spokeswoman, Miri Eisin, for her response to suggestions that Israel was using “a sledgehammer to crack a nut.”

Eisin, like other Israeli spokespeople, was very apologetic for the “tragic mistake.” And rightly so.

How about a sledgehammer to crack thousands of nuts? Then, a sledge is necessary. As for the tragic mistake – that would need to be blamed on the terrorists who fired the rockets at Israel, now wouldn’t it?