>> There's no other way to fight urban warfare in reality, that's the point.
In that case the IDF should not fight an urban war. There is no strategic
objective that can reasonably be achieved that justifies the carnage. What the
IDF is waging in Gaza is clearly not any kind of defensive war: it is a
retaliatory operation motivated by the humiliation suffered by the IDF and the
Israeli government who failed, miserably, in their responsibility to defend
their people. Hamas could never have perpetrated the 7 October atrocity, if
the IDF was not asleep at the wheel, or rather off to defend the fascist
settlers, and leaving the "socialist" kibbutzim to defend themselves. If the
IDF really wanted to avoid a repeat of 7 October, the way to do that is very
easy and does not require any Palestinians to be bombed at all: just don't
fuck up again. The IDF had one job. They failed, and now the Gazans are paying
for their failure. "Urban warfare" my ass, this is just shooting fish in a
barrel.
And as everyone and their little sister has pointed out, including plenty in
Israel, even if, when, Hamas is destroyed, the only way to avoid a new
resistance organisation emerging is to exterminate the Palestinians (not just
in Gaza, everywhere, and that includes Syria and Lebanon) and so perpetrate
the genocide you claim Israel does not want to. Failing that, you think
"Hamas-ISIS" are Nazis? Wait 'till you see the monsters that will rise from
their ashes, the maggots bursting from the corpse of Gaza.
As to the hostages, there's no doubt that if Israel wants to get them back,
then it should keep bombing and razing Gaza; but if it wants to get them back
alive, then it should stop now.
In that case the IDF should not fight an urban war. There is no strategic objective that can reasonably be achieved that justifies the carnage. What the IDF is waging in Gaza is clearly not any kind of defensive war: it is a retaliatory operation motivated by the humiliation suffered by the IDF and the Israeli government who failed, miserably, in their responsibility to defend their people. Hamas could never have perpetrated the 7 October atrocity, if the IDF was not asleep at the wheel, or rather off to defend the fascist settlers, and leaving the "socialist" kibbutzim to defend themselves. If the IDF really wanted to avoid a repeat of 7 October, the way to do that is very easy and does not require any Palestinians to be bombed at all: just don't fuck up again. The IDF had one job. They failed, and now the Gazans are paying for their failure. "Urban warfare" my ass, this is just shooting fish in a barrel.
And as everyone and their little sister has pointed out, including plenty in Israel, even if, when, Hamas is destroyed, the only way to avoid a new resistance organisation emerging is to exterminate the Palestinians (not just in Gaza, everywhere, and that includes Syria and Lebanon) and so perpetrate the genocide you claim Israel does not want to. Failing that, you think "Hamas-ISIS" are Nazis? Wait 'till you see the monsters that will rise from their ashes, the maggots bursting from the corpse of Gaza.
As to the hostages, there's no doubt that if Israel wants to get them back, then it should keep bombing and razing Gaza; but if it wants to get them back alive, then it should stop now.