Behave yourself, defensive my arse.
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Ah. Sneaky. You edited your post after I had read it.
Yes, defensive. Defensive is the easiest accusation to defend against. The government of Gaza, as well as multiple terrorist organizations, lobbed rockets at Israel, in violation of international humanitarian law and the laws of armed conflict for DECADES. There was no pressure on the government of Gaza to cease its lawless behaviour from the UN, from international community, from various governments, from useful college idiots. Rather than going to war, which Israel HAD EVERY RIGHT to do, Israel built Iron Dome and bomb shelters; put up a blockade and other security measures to prevent weapons from being imported into Gaza.
But every sovereign nation has a right and obligation, under international law, to defend itself from invasion and the slaughter of its civilian population, especially in the context of, "We will do it again, and again, and again." That right incapsulates the right to strip an enemy of the military capacity to invade and slaughter.
Israel's actions in responding to a war instigated against them very clearly falls under that right of self-defense. (Don't give me any bullshit about the "right to resist". There is no law which gives permission to target civilians, including children and the elderly; nor a law which permits abducting civilian hostages, including children and the elderly.)
Now, you may want to argue that Israel went too far in defending itself. That would at the very least be a reasonable discussion. But the idea that Israel has no right to respond to an invasion and slaughter is untenable.