Lest there be any confusion, what is happening in Gaza is neither a whiplash, nor a purely military response. Fifteen years ago :
"We will wield disproportionate power against every village from which shots are fired... and cause immense damage and destruction... This is a plan that has already been authorised. (Head of IDF Northern Command...)"
Finkelstein (2018) "Gaza" University of California Press, p21
@bitflips How the British did it before them to villages of any affiliation.