What did the Hamas expect after their genocidal attack on Israeli men, women, and children and the taking of Israeli hostages of all ages. Hamas has had every opportunity to end this mess (that they initiated) for the last six months by simply laying down their arms and releasing all the hostages (a stated clearly by the ICJ to release all the hostages immediately and unconditionally), which Hamas has ignored completely. Instead, Hamas has warned there will be more Oct 7’s.