I don't go to bed worried that I might wake up for the last time to a barrage of rockets. Nor do I ever bother to contemplate the possibility that I might be blown to bits or maimed by a suicide bomber every time I board a bus or go shopping.

Hamas rockets may be relatively ineffective compared to most modern ordnance, but you do not deny that they do kill people and destroy property. Hamas has unequivocably expressed the intent to destroy Israel, and were it not for Israeli military actions they might well succeed in attacks significantly more destructive than harassing fire.