Points taken — but none of them justify Israel's grossly overblown retaliation which has now been condemned by the World Court.
Go back and review a couple of the videos and reports I posted.
I wouldn't want a tit for tat retaliation because then you end up with another 20+ yr war like we've seen in the past. I'd want to use so much overwhelming force, like the type they've never seen, to at least try to make them think twice before they even think of doing something like that again. Otherwise it's like shoplifting nowadays; you go into a store & steal, legal system does nothing as far as punishment, so you go back the next day & steal again; until next thing you know their are hordes of people with 33 gal Hefty bags ransacking your store because they know nothing will happen to them, MAYBE if anything they'll get a slap on the wrist. Up until now, same with Hamas. And the idiotic thing are on their part, besides Oct 7, is once Israel started its offensive - all Hamas had to do was simply give back the hostages & then it'd be over.
Plus because they don't have a traditional military with battalions, regiments, matching uniforms etc., they blend in with civilians & hide in tunnels, apartments, hospitals, under hospitals, schools etc. thinking that "These hideouts will protect us from Israel while we get to pop out of hatches from tunnels under the sand, fire RPG's at Israel, then quickly close the hatch & flee into the tunnel system." I think Israel had enough of that and they know if they cave in to pressure & stop now, it's like then you shouldn't even have started in the first place because then you are back to square one.
The world should be absolutely condemning Hamas (not Israel) for their gross, insane behavior on 10/7 and should also be on them non stop to give back the hostages. Had Hamas not done what they did on 10/7, none of this would be happening in Gaza right now. Just like if the Japanese didn't attack Pearl Harbor, they wouldn't eventually have two nuclear bombs dropped on them.
Now say if Israel led a covert, unprovoked attack against Gaza via dirt bikes, dune buggies, parachutes with fans on the back of them to infiltrate Gaza and start gleefully murdering, raping, chopping limbs off of the people there, the eyes of the international courts would want to kill Israel off & would shun them for eternity. But somehow since Hamas did that to Israel the world is like "You're committing genocide! You must stop now!" I really don't hear any outcry of genocide against Putin since he slams missiles & drones into civilian apartment buildings & communities all the time & his soldiers tie up, rape & execute civilians.
Of course this is all my interpretation but after seeing what Hamas did (and how sneaky they are with their tunnel systems that cost millions of dollars & decades to complete with the help of Iran - I'd wipe all of Hamas out by any means necessary. It's awful that innocents get hurt but thats an unfortunate part of war. When it comes down to it; it's better you then me.