Jeffrey Goldberg, Columnist

In This Gaza War, the Truth Is Buried

 There is no Iron Dome for tunnels.
Israeli soldiers spray gas at a tunnel used by Hamas militants to infiltrate Israeli lines.
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Here is one of the more astonishing facts of an already fairly astonishing war: The tunnels that Hamas has dug under Gaza's border with Israel -- tunnels designed not for commerce, but for kidnapping -- reportedly contain tranquilizers and handcuffs, seemingly meant to be used by Hamas terrorists to gain physical control over Israelis they've seized.

I sometimes find it tiring to listen to Israeli spokesmen ask the same question over and over again: What would you want your leaders to do if your country's enemies were firing rockets at your home?