No less than 22 people have died. Another 500 plus have been injured. This morning's Hamas attack on Israel is the deadliest, most brutal in years.
And, it might only get worse.
The attack was unleashed on the 50th anniversary of the start of the Yom Kipper War.
Rocket after rocket showered upon the Israeli people, more than 2,200 missiles by one count and more than 5,000 by another.
And, as we said, it might get worse. A chief Hamas officer, Mohammed Deif, called on "the resistance fighters in the West Bank" as well as "our Arab and Islamic nations" to join in the assault. "This is the greatest battle to end the last occupation on Earth," Deif said.
"Everyone who has a gun should take it out," Deif said. "The time has come."
"We've decided enough is enough," Deif said. Another Hamas spokesperson said "the international community" has inflicted atrocities on the citizens of Gaza for decades.
In June, Amnesty International suggested Israel committed war crimes in fighting the month before in the Gaza Strip.
Another group, the Human Rights Watch, says there have been more than 50 years of abuses by the Israelis.
If the international community -- specifically the United Nations -- has not ruled on the alleged atrocities in the past, it should hurry to a conclusion. In the meantime, the two sides should cease fire and restrain themselves from warring against each other.
Nor is it justified that war should resume. The verdict of the international court should be accompanied by appropriate punishments. Those penalties -- not war -- should be the result.
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