Of course they did! They could have ended this ANYTIME by releasing the hostages and stopping the rocket attacks and surrendering.
But they were never going to do that.
I disagree. Even if Hamas had released all prisoners and stop rocket attacks and surrendered, Israel should continue with the annihilation of Hamas at all cost because if they don’t it’s just a matter of time when Hamas regroups and does it again.
What’s needed is an end to the fake Palestine and it’s so called people. Israel should go on a campaign to state reality and state the so called Palestinians are forgotten Arabs no one wants and there never was a Palestinian country.