Post-withdrawal blame syndrome

In describing the chaos in Gaza, Harvey Morris of The Financial Times of London manages to get in an unfair jab at Israel:

Kidnapping has now replaced Israeli military raids as the main peril facing foreigners.

Even during the most violent parts of the recent past, the Israel Defense Forces, in working to stop terrorists attempting to take innocent lives, used great restraint to avoid civilian and bystander casualties, often at the expense of sacrificing their own safety.