Hamas insists it must maintain security control of Gaza as a core demand. It says it will fight the Palestinian Authority or any Arab government that tries to come in. That is why Hamas has been refusing the cease fire deals.

World pressure should be squarely on Hamas to accept a cease fire. Hamas is the bad guy here.

Free Palestine--from Hamas.

Starving people being shot at, plans to herd 2 million Gazans into death camps, from which Israel says they will not be allowed to leave alive, but you think the issue is a cease fire?

SMH

And as long as that entity refuses to cede power (and enact an enforceable cease fire) - Gaza remains in a state of war. Granted not a symmetrical war - but that does not change the fact that Hamas still plays a major role in the continuation of the war (and Palestinian suffering).

Many of us would like to pretend like the terrorists have suddenly disappeared. Be assured, they have not. And they are still a major issue.

in Gaza. Some of the articles linked in this post would be a good start.


https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20503002

...everyone in Gaza must die...?

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Are there even any operational targets left at this point in Gaza? What is Israel protecting itself from now?

I’m not saying Hamas doesn’t have power or that they’re not a threat to Israel, but I doubt the Hamas that conducted the October 7th attacks is what exists now.

As someone that used to consider myself pro Israel, and believe they had an absolute right to retaliate for October 7th, it’s clear this has gone well beyond attacking terrorism. It’s about destroying Gaza’s people, it’s civilian infrastructure, and starving them, and making any surviving residents lives so miserable they are driven to flee.

I used to argue it’s not genocide, but maybe I’ll split hairs and just call it ethnic cleansing, because at the minimum that’s what has been going on for sometime now. Hell, Trump, Netanyahu and their ardent followers like Fetterman (well on Israel), advocate as much. Forced relocation is a policy goal for this Israeli government.

It’s called genocide.

...to turn this into an achievement...

...many ways to turn this into inhumanity...

...this will be remembered...