Israeli "reprisals"?

Very strange of the Guardian's Conal Urquhart to describe Israel's threatened response to the recent suicide bombing as "reprisals". In his own article he admits that

In spite of the ceasefire that was agreed by Palestinian and Israeli leaders in February, the army has regularly operated in Palestinian areas, resulting in the deaths of around 40 Palestinians.

So it is strange to suggest that Israel is threatening reprisals when it is clear that the suicide bombing was itself a reprisal. Strange but not unusual for Urquhart. He's got form when it comes to siding with the racist war criminals of the state of Israel.