Dear Bezza,

Without electricity, the tunnels in Gaza cannot be ventilated.
As oxygen runs out, Hamas terrorists will escape to the surface but the tortured Israeli hostages will be left inside and be the first to die.

Turning off the electricity is not a good idea.

As I said athe beginning taking hostages has made the whole situation
so very much dangerous.
As the number of hostages gets to small numbers Hamas will not release
them because they will want to retain their power.
At this point the Israelis will have choice of abandoning the remaining
hostages.
I would not want to be in Gaza then.

As far as recruiting terrorists, like the Catholics said,
Give me the boy at 7 yrs and we will have him for life.
The Catholics have not raised armies of terrorists.
Even the IRA never reached the brutality of the Islamists.

«At this point the Israelis will have choice of abandoning the remaining
hostages.»

Israel no longer has a choice in anything.
It now has a king, so its prime-minister was side-lined and is only a puppet.
Only Trump calls the shots now.
If he likes he may even decide who will be Israel's chief Rabbi.

I believe, at least hope, that Trump will now force a deal,
have all Israeli hostages released and Israel ordered to stop the war.
For Netanyahu that means going to jail, but what can he do?
Nobody dares to say 'no' to the emperor.
Look, he is even bending Egypt's arm now: "agree to my splendid Gaza Riviera plan or I cut your life-line".