Yes, Dubi, we are evil naughty people. Oh, yes, we just revel in the deaths of our foes.

This was a response to an attack on our forces, in which there were casualties on our side. Under these circumstances, I find it hardly surprising that we feel no empathy at all towards casualties within enemy forces. Had this been an unprovoked attack on our behalf, it would have been a different situation. This is at the basis of the _a_symmetry between us and our Arab enemies - they attack us unprovoked, we respond. Any attempt to point towards some kind of supposed symmetry I consider unjust and pointless.

I have a grand solution, then. Let's make arbitrary claims on some pieces of land on the other side of the international border. Then, we can bombard Beirut daily with impunity.

As for your final paragraphs, I had found that quite odd, myself. On the other hand, for all we know, this could be a deniability scheme by the Lebanese government.