Unfortunately, NPR reported last Thursday (May 15) on "deadly airstrikes, killing more than 150 people in the past day, including dozens of children."

On May 9 the Israeli newspaper Haaretz and many other publications reported on a meeting of a subcommittee of Israel's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

The hearing in the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, was not about concern for children who were starving or who had to have amputations without anesthesia. It was about concern over the public relations harm to Israel.

One of the witnesses was Dr. Sharon Shaul from NATAN, a worldwide humanitarian aid charity.

Dr. Shaul said, "I believe that none of the people sitting around this table are concerned that a suffering child cannot receive painkillers or even minimal medical treatment."