Hamas strike on Israel

I think it would be better that Hamas release the last hostages and leave Gaza. But I don't believe that will solve the problem in Gaza completely. It will be progress but I think there is a legitimate fear that Trump's plan to expel the Gazans, that bibi has said he supports will actually be implemented. We could be just living in the calm before the storm.

Regarding the future of the Palestinians in West Bank it is hard to know what will happen. They have some protection from the majority of the International community but Israel with the protection of the US will challenge that. Israel will continue to be the aggressor in the West Bank as they continue to illegally settle portions of it. I don't seecthat changing.

What makes you believe that the Israelis wouldn't just continue their campaign of murder even if HAMAS release the remaining hostages?

Their word? Because that's been shown up as bullshit numerous times.

If you look at what has happened in Gaza and don't think that represents an existential threat then you are deluded. Almost all civilian infrastructure has been attacked and destroyed including water treatment plants, sewerage facilities, hospitals, mosques, churches, health clinics, schools, universities, not to mention the annihilation of civilian homes and farms. Basically everything required for people to live. Add in the blockade of electricity, water, medicine and food aid. Then the systematic slaughter of tens of thousands of civilians and the maiming of hundreds of thousands of others. Your argument is disingenuous in the extreme and beyond contempt

At this stage you may be right, I don't know for certain. All I know is what they said. They said if the hostages were released they'd talk about continuing on to phase 2 of the ceasefire. But maybe they wouldn't, they seem intent on killing on and it seems their excuse is wanting rid of Hamas. So all in all it'd be a gamble. But I know for certain nothing has been gained from holding on to them!

As I've said before the Jewish lobby in America renders America a biased player in the middle east. Israel by it's genocide is doing it's international standing tremendous damage. The Palestinian people will not leave Gaza by free will. It's their land. Israel despite overwhelming force has not defeated Hamas or Hezbollah nor in all likelihood can they. So any 'campaign' to do so is a red herring to justify genocide.

I'm not sure how much longer Israel can remain on a war footing in terms of finance and the army's willingness to fight on endlessly. Israel cannot bring itself peace through killing. It has neighbours and it needs to realise that it must co-exist or forfeit it's right to exist in it's current guise.

The IDF said that an inquiry had found that on March 23rd, troops opened fire on a group of vehicles that included ambulances and fire trucks when the vehicles approached a position without prior co-ordination and without headlights or emergency signals.

Israeli soldiers would be taking an unnecessary risk with their own lives if they had stayed around to bury the bodies, i.e. being in a sniper's line of sight. None of us is in Gaza but it's possible that the terrorists had bound that guy's hands after he had been killed and had buried his body and the other bodies after the Israeli soldiers had left.