Well, that’s true. But I was assuming the murderers took hostages to bargain for their own prisoners, who are held in Israel.
As good a reason for the IDF to take no prisoners as any...
The key assumption here is whatever Israel does to the tunnels, hostages are going to die and Israel will be blamed for it. Given that, just make those hostages martyrs, build monuments to them for their great sacrifice destroying global terrorism and then flatten Gaza.
Funny how no Arab country is stepping up to take in the Palestinians caught in the cross-fire. Easiest thing would be to move them to Sinai and build them a new country which they can call Palestine. Even better, build it as a green country using only alternative energy sources and materials. Move the UN there and make the new Palestine the green model for all the world to behold.
And on the day of the new countries inception and UN vote, nuke the place from orbit, just to be sure.