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From Israel's perspective, they know that their use of force is disproportionate. The message they are trying to send at this point is "if you fuck with us at all, we will FUCK YOU UP." The reason they are trying to send this message, is that they are hoping that Palestinians will realize the futility of striking Israel. In realizing this basic truth, that if you attack Israel, you are in turn making life hell for everyone you want to elevate, then the Palestinians will begin to police themselves, and exert pressure on each other to refrain from terrorizing Israel.
This is a tactic most often seen used in Elementary School classrooms by teachers who often times will punish an entire class because of the wrong doings of a few "rogue" classmates.
If it works or not is for us to find out... so while this use of force is indeed disproportionate, it fits within the construct of a broader use of force to create an incentive for Palestinian society to change it's collective policies towards "mainland" Israel.
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