And I don’t think I ever will. As I said earlier, “There is no military goal that justifies killing “any amount” of civilians. All of them have limits, which are based on military capabilities.”
Israel's goal is to destroy Hamas. Every time they kill innocent children, they create more members of Hamas. Therefore, their goal is any amount of children including 100% of them.
Sorry, I'm not going to stop making this about children just because you don't want it to be.
So when do you think they should stop killing children before it is no longer justified?
Israel's goal is to destroy Hamas. Every time they kill innocent children, they create more members of Hamas. Therefore, their goal is any amount of children including 100% of them.
Destroying Hamas means destroying the current leadership, so it can no longer function.
It's true that Israel is running the risk of inciting hatred and creating more fighters, but those future fighters won't be in Hamas. They will be in some other organization that replaces Hamas, just like Hamas replaced Fatah.
destruction of Hamas’s military and governing capabilities; and returning the hostages home
And these are Netanyahu's current goals:
Seizing the Rafah Crossing is a very significant step towards destroying the remaining military capabilities of Hamas, including the elimination of the four terrorist battalions in Rafah, and an important step to damage the governmental capabilities of Hamas
You mean his goals keep changing? Hmm... seems like a constantly changing military objective would allow you to kill an unlimited number of children justifiably based on your reasoning.
Today, he says the Rafah operation is a significant step towards
destroying the remaining military capabilities of Hamas, including the elimination of the four terrorist battalions in Rafah,
and an important step to damage the governmental capabilities of Hamas
The first two goals look unchanged.
There is no mention of hostages in my quote. Maybe he isn't interested in that any more, but it's entirely possible he mentioned it elsewhere and I didn't see it.
No, Hamas forces are steadily getting smaller. If there are new recruits, they are not enough to make up for the losses.
Your link:
Hamas may have lost half its battalion commanders by December, while half its battalions had been broken down as well.
The article suggests that they can recruit in the future, and maybe they can. Or maybe Palestinian militants will join a different organization, as I suggested.
But for now, Hamas is definitely smaller than they were in October.