Calculating the real cost in Gaza

Palestinians returning to inspect their destroyed homes in the Tal al-Hawa area, southwest of Gaza City. Many were trying to retrieve whatever furniture they could from the rubble. — Saher Alghorra/The New York Times

FOR many Americans, there may be a temptation to disbelieve the enormity of what has happened in the Gaza Strip.

After all, it is a catastrophe funded by their money, enabled by their weapons, condoned by their government and carried out by one of their closest allies.