The fact of the matter is that Israeli civilians have options that Gazan Palestinians do not. I'm empathetic to them as well — it's horrible that anyone has to

The fact of the matter is that Israeli civilians have options that Gazan Palestinians do not. I'm empathetic to them as well — it's horrible that anyone has to fear being killed in a conflict. But there is absolutely a disparity, and it's not "hand-waving" to note that it exists without qualification. That disparity, by the way, is exactly why it doesn't make sense to compare Gaza to cities with regard to population density. It's technically a city, but that's really not an apples-to-apples comparison. For all intents and purposes it's a country/territory, by which standard it is one of the most densely populated in the world.