Stoolreflux,

What you have posted is a feeble red herring. Firstly Haaretz has a paywall so your article can't be read.

Secondly, the attack on the police station is tenuously a legitimate target but is still an act of war, which legitimised all Israel's unannounced attacks on Hamas.

What is not legitimate is the deliberate murder of the other 2/3rds of unarmed civilians mostly consisting of women and children, and the use of hostages as human shields.

The attack on Oct 7 was the worst atrocity against Jews since the Holocaust and legitimised the action taken by Israel against Hamas.

I don't understand what the aim is.

Is it to simply wipe people out - and
make the area unliveable? To what end?

I just don't understand. It makes no sense.
All this will do is arouse even more hatred.
And there's enough of that as it is.

There is no excuse for Israel to now continue to
claim the right to defend itself when it's the
superior military power in the region and also
has the full military and financial support of
a superior world military power - the United States.

A cease-fire has been called by the United Nations -
but the indiscriminate killing of civilians continues.
And the world supports Israel?

For how long?

Dear Foxy,

«I don't understand what the aim is.»

To kill each and every member and operative of Hamas.
To eliminate Hamas from the face of the earth.
To free all hostages, preferably alive where possible.

Israel's cabinet formal statement from October 8th, 2023 (the day after Israel was attacked) declared the goals of this war to be:

"To bring about the destruction of the military and governmental abilities of the Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, in a way that will negate their ability and will to threaten and harm the citizens of Israel for many years"

shadowtrembler,

What police station are you talking about?

Medecins Sans Frontieres calls for immediate cease fire to
prevent more deaths in Gaza and to allow desperately needed
humanitarian supplies in.

Since Friday 27th October the bombing by the Israeli forces
has intensified to a degree not seen until now. Northern
Gaza is being razed to the ground, while the whole strip
is being hit and civilians have no place to shelter.

The actions of world leaders are too weak, too slow, as a
non-binding United Nations resolution for a humanitarian
truce has done nothing to reign in the indiscriminate
violence unleashed on a helpless people.

The international community must take stronger action to
urge Israel to STOP the bloodshed. People are being
killed and forcibly displaced from their homes and water,
food, and fuel are running low.

The atrocity is on a scale never seen before in Gaza.

Hospitals are running out of medical supplies - they are
flooded with patients, amputations and surgeries are being
carried out without proper anesthesia, and morgues are
flooded with dead bodies.

Many prominent Jews now state - "We can no longer claim to
be the abused. We have become the abusers."