Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Israeli President Shimon Peres and Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi I pray for innocent Palestinians as Hamas terrorists intentionally and cynically use them as civilian shields. Their nightmare reality is that when Israel is forced to defend itself (and every nation has a moral obligation to defend their citizens when rockets are being fired at their civilians), tragedy happens despite deeply careful efforts to reduce civilian casualties. The fact that the responsibility for their loss of life is in the hands of Hamas and other terrorists does not take away the horror or pain of their loss of life. This is especially true now as it is a holy time for Muslims.