Hatred of Israel was at saturation point in Gaza before Israel's response. You can watch endless videos of interviews with Gazan school children of 9-10 ywars of age before October 7. Their dreams innlife to stab a Jew or to learn to drive to drive over a Jew( Jew not Israeli).

In the past, Israel responded to rocket attacks with a few airstrikes, bigger interventions when deemed necessary, but HAMAS chose Otcober 7 so the gloves are largely off. Now the Carthage principle applies. Northern Gaza is gone, it's a parking lot and won't be rebuilt with HAMAS in charge. Gazan civilians joined in on October 7, it wasn't just HAMAS, Gazan civilians held hostages in their homes, captured an escaping hostage and returned him to Hamas, Gazan civilians have wide support for HAMAS and October 7. Everyone who attacks Israel loses territory, that is the cost of doing so. I dislike Netanyahu immensely and HAMAS united a dysfunctional government and ended months of protests against him. Us Jews got some sympathy from many world leaders but not from the populations of the world after October 7. I didn't want us to go into Gaza at all. But what is worse is going into Gaza, having a few sporadic battles, claiming victory and doing this all over again in a year or two. So there won't be a Gaza city to launch attacks from. The rest of the strip? Who knows for now. Before the war, Palestinian supporters were chanting that Israel was too scared to enter Gaza and HAMAS would show them if they did.

In 2005, Jews left Gaza, the first time it was judenrein in thousands of years. They had all the opportunity, unlike the West Bank, to be a city-state of fantastic beaches and resorts plus agriculture. All they had to do is not vote for HAMAS and not have HAMAS fire 10,000 rockets at Israel. Stalin said "No people, no problem" and Gaza city is now effectively without people. We can mourn horrible losses and deaths of Palestinians but Jews won't apologise for living. But damn HAMAS for giving Netanyahu and the Kahanists this gift.