Portrait of the Artist as a Young Geek

Reuters has now released what they claim to be the original photo, which shows a single smaller plume of smoke and much less housing, viewable here. This original is much less damning toward the Israeli forces: a single small strike is likely the surgical annihilation of a rocket launch point, whereas two larger strikes in a more populated neighborhood suggests more indiscriminate attacks on the part of Israel. In other words, the reason was propaganda.