Why does the land area matter? Israel is also a tiny and crowded country and is threatened from all fronts. What was the threat against the U.S again , was Vietnam about to invade? was Iraq?

Hamas had enough weapons to kill 1200 Israelis in one day so it's not some helpless entity. It was armed to its teeth. It's only after almost 800 additional dead Israeli soldiers and a very bloody war that Hamas lost most of its power.

>Why does the land area matter?

Really, you don't understand why the total land area occupied by a population you are waging war against matters?

>Hamas had enough weapons to kill 1200 Israelis in one day so it's not some helpless entity. It was armed to its teeth.

I don't even think you believe this nonsense.

If you are trying to claim AK-47s and paragliders is 'armed to the teeth', you need to tell your commander at the Unit 8200 troll farm that he needs to give you better hasbara material.

>It's only after almost 800 additional dead Israeli soldiers and a very bloody war that Hamas lost most of its power.

Oh yes, it was such a tough and bloody fight! All those F-35 sorties pressing buttons to unleash 2000lb pounds on civilian targets, so bloody!

> you need to tell your commander at Unit 8200 troll farm that he needs too give you better hasbara material.

Not gonna engage you any further you seem deranged

What is deranged, is you trying pretend Israel is waging a war against a peer foe by grossly exaggerating the threat of Hamas.

Your government created Hamas. Literally. [1] They were considered an 'asset' right up until Hamas decided they wanted to be more than being Netanyahu's good little prisoners whose only purpose was to serve as a spoiler for genuine Palestinian aspirations.

[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eus-borrell-says-israel...

I think many people also forget the second intifada suicide bombings, and numerous rocket barrages over the proceeding decades after, to which Hamas was a major belligerent. Despite the more primitive designs of these rockets, without modern defense systems there would likely be more Israeli civilian deaths. I see this context missing from a lot of the discussions of the current iteration of this conflict. Israeli civilians have faced decades of risk (which I think also benefits the right wing of Israeli politics), and this is not a new conflict. October 7th comes on the heels of many other direct and indirect attacks on Israeli civilians. I cant help but think that the current military response might fall under a “never let a crisis go to waste” strategy by Netanyahu’s coalition, which had recently been receiving less support.