Quantity is not the issue here. You never hear of an Israeli soldier smashing anyone's skulls! The Israelis don't even harm the child-killers they have in their custody. Instead they release them to celebrations and parades while the Israeli public mourns.

jessica, Barrie, Canada

To bury the dead properly and respectfully is a mitzva observed by the Jews. The Almighty will deal with the released live terrorists. The State of Israel did the right thing.

Louis, New Orleans,

I think that concepts like "terrorism" and "humanity" are discursively formed. They are open to many interpretations and change. however, the western newspapers try to fix their meanings by portraying the Israeli perspective as being universal versus a marginalized lebanese right to have a voice.

dani, beirut, lebanon

PTM - So because more Germans than British were killed in World War 2, the British were terrorists? Just because the Palestinians are the underdogs does not mean that they have the moral upper hand! Palestinian society teaches its children to hate Jews, but you can't say the same about Israel.

JC, Nuneaton,

Who would beleive it that Isreal today is talking about Geneva conventions .. if it doesn't make you laugh, it would make you cry!

Israel has been spreding terror and death for over than 60 years .. abolished hundreds of villages and and committed all kinds of crimes.. wake up people..

Stu, Oxford,

We are suffering from amnesia of the deaths of children by the israeli army . Strange that the same killers are being portrayed as victim they are the ones that kill maimed civilian by the thousand of unexploded mines left in Lebanon. Does God sanctioned the Israeli army to kill civilian?

John kippur, london, UK

Kantar was a vicious terrorist. He served 30 years in prison. The IDF commander who shot the Palestinian schoolgirl Iman al Hams three times in the head, after he'd pumped a dozen shots into her body, got off scot-free from the investigation. Identical acts. Israel too has its Kuntars in the IDF.

Peter, Rome, Italy

"They should have sent Kantar back in a coffin. As long as the Palestinians see weakness from Israel they will never consider peace as an option....."
Kantar is NOT palestinian!

timur, london,

In my mind, the proper word for a side which slaughter prisoners of war is not "terrorist" but "barbarian". Have they ever heard about the geneva conventions?

Jordan, Saint-Raphael, France

Very sad.

Carol Lazarus, New York, USA

Israel should have given bodies back.

Kevin, Geneva, Switzerland

Horrible as his attack was, Israeli soldiers do equally vicious things all the time.
Let's put things into perspective.
Some people on both side are aniimals.

Tim, Toronto,

My full sympathy goes to families of murdered persons everywhere. However, remember that Israel used to understand only the language of force. Difficult to count here atrocities committed by IDF which justifies actions of resistance of every kind. People under occupation did this throughout history.

saleh darwish, Amman, Jordan

Why do people find it so difficult to define the evil in terrorism? If you think, as is reasonable, that Israel is a terrorist state, then act to bring them to justice. There are no morals in pretending that a child murderer is a hero simply because his victims are Israeli and you don't like Israel.

Steve, Altrincham,

You describe baby killer Kantar as a militant. You may as well describe Jack the Ripper as a militant. Kantar is a psychopath who cares nothing for the so-called Palestinians or for humanity.

Gina, Leicester,

I hope the Isrealis at the least gave the child killer a nice, nasty disease that will kill him in less then a year, slowly and painfully. I know the Isrealis want their Boys back but they are giving way too much to the fanatics in exchange. 2 for 204 is insane. They wont get the one out of Gaza now

Steve Roberts, ellaville,

Terrorisms is NOT defined by how many peopled is killed!. Prisoners in the hands of Israelis are alive. Prisoners in the hands of Hezbollah (Terrorist) are usually DEAD! How can anyone defined them? If Israel disarm today, tonight there will be a slaughter. If Hezbollah/Hamas disarm today...

Stephen Wong, Franklin, TN, USA

Not a good exchange

chuck, Kansas City Mo., USA

Israel should never trade live prisoners for dead bodies. Trading the living for the living and the dead for the dead makes sense. They should have sent Kantar back in a coffin. As long as the Palestinians see weakness from Israel they will never consider peace as an option.....

Paul, Mississauga, Canada

I'm sorry but neither sides can justify the violence, but to claim that the Palestine/Hezzbolla are worst, then maybe you should look at the quatity of people that have been killed from either side. If they are terrorist then so are the isrealis and in a much larger scale.

PTM, London,