it's because the Israelis couldn't get military force into the area in time to capture the terrorist
Thats nonsense, and one of the weakest excuses for Israeli barbarity I have heard in a long time, in my opinion.
The Israeli army has one of the most safisticated militia in the world and Mossad agents can track down anybody at any time. Why do you think it is acceptable for a nation to kill innocent people with their authorized official military but likewise unacceptable for civilians to fight back?
I hate what the Islamic suicide groups do and the way that they kill innocent people but in the same light it sickens me to know that a group claiming to be Gods chosen race also day in day out kill innocent men, women and children.
I would say that if Israel pulled out of the occupied territories and gave the Palestinians more freedom then that will help this situation, but I am afriad even then people will not be satisfied and continue to kick up old dirt under the misguidance of brainwashing groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad, who just seem to be puppets on strings for the Likud party.