I watch a lot of Law and Order (the original show).

As fans of the show will be aware, the DA regularly convicts people of murder in cases where a person or people were killed unintentionally, in the pursuit of some other activity or purpose.

For 2nd degree murder, it must be proved that the accused caused the death of the victim whilst demonstrating a "callous disregard for human life" which is the specific wording of the New York statute relating to 2nd degree murder.

If I was on that hypothetical jury then I personally think that Israel would be guilty of murder under that definition. Therefore, it's 4 murders vs 64 murders (or whatever the numbers are).

And therefore, option B is still worse in my opinion.