Aman, what is shameful in defending ones country.
Arabs are known for colouring the news reports and in fact media reports sell because of sensationalism. That is exactly the reason why chilly and spice is added to news stories.
No doubt there has been loss of lives in Gaza, but so has there been loss of lives in Israel because of the incessant/non-stop firing of rockets by Hamas reaching as far Jerusalem. Every country has a right to safeguard its interests including the lives and property of its citizens. What's wrong if Israel is doing it today or India does it tomorrow?
It is very easy to criticize Israel while sitting pretty here in India. But it actually requires a 56 inch ka seena to flourish in a desert surrounded from all sides by hostile Arabs whose only motto and aim is to wipe out Israel from the face of the earth.
Please read the history of the Middle East and you will come to know how Israel singlehandedly took on the combined might of heavily armed Arabs including Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanese islamic militia, Palestenians etc and gave a crushing defeat to them. Instead of ceding any territory, it annexed Gaza and Golan Heights. That's what is called self-respect unlike the Indian politicians (mostly of the Congress which has misruled us for over 60 years) who are men of straw.