Last Saturday, Israel rescued four hostages held by Hamas.

Hamas says more than 274 Palestinians died in the raid.

Israel says that number is less than 100.

Yesterday on the US Senate floor, U.S.

Senator Mitch McConnell said Israel was right to launch the raid and that any deaths are the fault of Hamas for holding the hostages in the first place.

The brutal exploitation of civilians is a well-documented tactic in hemolysis play, both these are, after all, the terrorists who repeatedly deploy their weapons and combatants in or beneath schools, hospitals and mosques in order to use civilians as human shields.

The detention of Israeli hostages in family homes is a predictable extension of this despicable practice, and every drop of blood spilled this weekend is the responsibility of the par launched a barbaric attack, took innocent hostages, and has refused calls from around the world to release them.

McConnell said many news outlets across the Western world were too sympathetic to the Palestinian side in the reactions to the raid.