(Telegraph-UK) Editorial - Tomorrow will mark one year since the Oct. 7 massacre. Time should be taken to remember why Israel is fighting. A year ago, 1,200 people were murdered, and 251 hostages kidnapped by terrorists who had devoted themselves to the calculated destruction of a nation and people. No country could tolerate the outrages perpetrated against Israel on a monthly basis, the barrages of rockets fired indiscriminately against civilian targets by Iran's proxies. That Israel has managed to minimize casualties through its development of its own defenses does not in any way lessen the repugnance we should feel at the actions of these terrorists. They are intended to wound and kill, and it is only through the ingenuity of the Israeli people that they do not more often succeed in doing so. That so many in the West have lost sight of these fundamental truths brings shame upon us all. Too many politicians are desperate to pressure Israel into a ceasefire that will not bring the conflict to an end, but will merely give Hamas and its allies a chance to rearm. As we remember the dead of Oct. 7, we should remember too why Israel is fighting. And we should remember why we owe it our support.
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