In the past, Israelis have morbidly likened intervening in Gaza to "mowing the grass", operations that are a periodic necessity.
This time, it's different. After days of bargaining, PM Benjamin Netanyahu agreed on Wednesday with the opposition on a national emergency government that brings former army chief of staff Benny Gantz into a war cabinet.
Social media has been bombarded with toxic missives since last Saturday. The EU Commissioner in charge of Digital Affairs made use of the new Digital Services Act to warn the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, as well as Facebook's parent group Meta and China's TikTok.
Whenever there's conflict in the Middle East, passions run high here in France – home to Europe's largest Jewish and Muslim population.