At this point he doesn't have a choice. Hamas offered to release about a dozen hostages for a ceasefire.
The Israelis repeatedly declared that there won't be any ceasefire without the release of all the hostages.
If he accepts anything else he's most likely to loose all control.
Unfortunately it seems that they will get what they want.
Israel has been bombarded with nearly 10,000 rockets, ballistic missiles and bomb carrying drones over the last month - from Gaza to the centre, Lebanon to the north and Yemen and Iran to the south. In addition there are almost daily terror attacks coming from the west bank.
There are civilian fatalities every day there. A school was recently hit and destroyed from a ballistic missile hit. Thankfully the city that was hit moved to online studies due to the threats so it was empty.
The only reason we don't see a death toll of thousands of Israelis is due to extreme defence measurements including the evacuation of more than 250,000 Israelis from the north and centre.
The whole situation is just escalating by the day and the massive attacks are fuelling Israelis rage.
Both the Houthis and Hezbollah hinted a massive attack tomorrow. Another serious hit to Israeli civilians will send this whole thing over a cliff.
Israel announced right at the start that its target is to eliminate Hamas and PIJ.
Since there are:
Then unless something substantial changes, the death toll is expected to rise to around 50k-60k . This is really just the beginning.
First of all, sarcasm bro
Sorry mate, so many layers and seriously made wild claims that it's becoming really hard to detect..
While the phenomenon of blaming valid criticism as antisemitism exists, the counter claim which you made is now completely weaponised.
In this entire thread, you're the only person that mentioned antisemitism and the vast majority of the comments are very one sided in criticising Israel.
Yeah, but unfortunately there are a lot of vile people on social media and some claiming to be Hamas contacted her mother saying that she survived and is being treated by them.
Israel found a piece of bone from her skull and they say that she couldn't have survived.
The latest UN Document for Children and Armed Conflict report https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/S_2023_363.pdf , item 95 - identifies and calls to stop PIJ and Hamas from "killing and maiming and the recruitment and use of children"
This is the most official source on the matter.
Netanyahu is a political animal.
He doesn't care about the hostages, the Palestinians and most of the Israelis. He just barely cares about some of them.
He has one and only one objective here - to win back the 50% votes that he lost because of the terror attack. He's already blaming the army and those who protested against him, saying that this attack was made possible because of them. According to Israeli media he has PR advisors with him when selecting military objectives and targets to help him choose the best option that will win him the more votes back.
If this goes on I think that there's a chance that we'll see a military coup in Israel.
Don't ask to be spoon fed information - that's how you get incorrect and inaccurate info.
Here, a simple google search to start with https://www.google.com/search?q=gaza+children+soldiers
You keep attacking straw men.
There are children soldiers and Gaza. There are 16 and 17 years old (and younger) that have active combative roles. You don't have to look far to find them, just go to the Hamas and Gaza social media profiles and see the profiles of their operatives.
It's deplorable, it's tragic, but it's the reality.
I'm not redefining childhood and I'm not supporting killing of children. I do say that when reading these kind of reports you should be aware that they show only a part of the information.
I'm not sure I understand what you tried to say here. I was referring to Hamas's leaders motivations and the current climate in Israel, not to Israel's actions in Gaza.
That's just incorrect.