"October 7, 2023, is a date that will forever haunt Israel. The events of that day were grisly: Hamas carried out a vile attack on Israel, killing some 1,200 Israelis and taking another 251 hostage. But Hamas's attack soon led to far greater atrocities, with Israel's retaliation against Hamas devolving into a prolonged war of unimaginable savagery in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu started the war in Gaza without any realistic vision of how to end it."
"His chief concern was protecting his fragile coalition government which depends on the support of far-right religious zealots and shielding himself from being tried on corruption charges. So, while Israeli troops reduced Gaza's cities to rubble, Netanyahu also launched an all-out assault on Israel's laws and institutions, all in the name of achieving total victory over Hamas which, from the Netanyahu government's perspective, appears to be synonymous with Palestine."
On October 7, 2023, Hamas carried out an attack that killed about 1,200 Israelis and took roughly 251 hostages. Israel's military retaliation devolved into a prolonged, savage war in Gaza. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu initiated the campaign without a credible endgame, prioritizing coalition survival and legal protection over strategy. Israeli forces reduced Gaza's cities to rubble while the government undermined domestic laws and institutions in pursuit of total victory that equated with dismantling Palestinian presence. The conflict has resulted in at least 60,000 Palestinian deaths, a deepening humanitarian catastrophe, growing international condemnation, and severe fractures within Israeli democracy and society.
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