I get that Israel's position to destroy Hamas completely is Draconian. But at some point, there is simply no other option. Nothing Israel has done in the 75 years since partitioning has made any difference. They have, on multiple occasions, offered very reasonable terms for the two-state solution. Hell, there WAS two states in 1948 and it was the Arab neighbors who invaded and occupied what was supposed to be Palestine. Why does no one talk about that occupation? The Arabs have broken every cease fire agreement for the past 75 years including but not limited to the one they broke on Oct7.
The problem was that on Oct7, Hamas took the fight to a completely different level. When you send terrorists to invade the homes of civilian families and torture and ra** and kill or capture them, there is no backing down. They made this a fight to the death and that is what Israel is giving them. Israel is making sure that this type of attack will never happen again.
To the Palestine apologists' out there, you have to make this personal to understand the horror of what Hamas did. What if it happened to you? Put yourself in their place. It is the early hours of the morning. The family is just getting up, armed terrorists break into your home. You have no way to fight back. Few Israelis have guns in their homes and even if they did, they would not be useful against the weapons carried by the terrorists. You are sitting down at your kitchen table. Your wife is cooking breakfast and your world ends as a terrorist kills your baby because he was crying. Then in front of you, they ra** your daughter, one at a time until they're all done. They're all pumped up feeling like manly men. Then they start on your wife. You finally welcome the bullet to your brain.
These are not warriors. They are animals, vermin, they need to be destroyed. The Palestinian civilians who die as a result, die for their cause. I have little sympathy left for them. They have destroyed it. They are the ones who voted for Hamas. They are the ones who have refused all rational solutions which would give them freedom and a good life. They are the ones who voted to kill all the Jews. They are the ones who tolerate Hamas hiding behind the skirts of women and hospital beds and baby carriages. Their "leaders" are living in luxury in Qatar or in villas in Europe. They are all safe from the action and consider the Palestinian citizens as cannon fodder. They are there simply for click bait since their deaths make the Israelis look bad. Just because the optics are bad is no reason for Israel to stop pressing to ferret out these vermin.