Hamas could have easily put a stop to all this for the last eight months by releasing the hostages and laying down their arms. Instead they continue to vow that there will be more Oct 7’s, leaving Israel with no choice but to continue.
Hamas knew that if they massacred enough Israelis, and took hundreds of hostages of all ages, and fired 5000 rockets into Israel’s civilian populated areas on October 7, that it was not going to end well for the good people of Gaza.—- It was there choice!