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[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They've turned down every ceasefire proposal so far, but eventually they'll have to accept one. Israel is not going to go home when there are still over a hundred hostages in Gaza.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I don't think Hamas is going to agree or surrender (assuming there are even any actual Hamas fighters left anyway). And I don't think Israel wants to stop until they've wiped out Gaza entirely.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

If Israel were interested in wiping out Gaza, the death toll would be in the hundreds of thousands or millions, which would be consistent with other world conflicts.

Clearly Hamas infrastructure still exists, if they are releasing highly produced videos of hostages to torment their families.

[–] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

If Israel were interested in wiping out Gaza, the death toll would be in the hundreds of thousands or millions, which would be consistent with other world conflicts.

This is a common argument but it doesn't really hold up to scrutiny. You're saying what would happen if Israel was interested in wiping out Gaza and didn't care at all about their image. If they did (which they obviously do) they would have to do it more subtly. They are not just going to drop a few nukes and call it a day, that would be geopolitical suicide