We will proceed to advance life, freedom, civilian liberties, democracy and the conflict for peace, due to the fact that this is what we believe in," Israeli president Yitzhak Herzog said as he stood by the Weizmann Institute building hit by an Iranian missile. And what does respect for these values look like in practice? After 20 months of the Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip, it is now an endless sea of ruins. Full of blood, bodies and starving women and children.