They were in response to being attacked by Hamas for the umpteenth time. Every single time Israel responds, doesn't wipe out Hamas, agrees to a ceasefire, and it is then broken a year or two later by these insane death cultists.
They have had enough. Fair enough, I think. No other country would be told it should just tolerate nutters firing rockets at it daily, rapes, murders, killing civilians at music festivals.
Just some small corrections here because the news has changed since like last year where you still seem to be. As of today, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire (after tons of delays, like a negotiator being assassinated [1], but that was a moment ago), but one side is not actually respecting it [2], and the other side is literally in the process of dying en masse from hunger [3,4]. Really hard to even know what you are talking about here!
Don't tell me what side you're on by quoting Al Jazeera the propaganda arm of Qatar.
All the do-gooders were saying that if we only get a ceasefire Hamas would release the hostages. Guess what - they didn't. If they've released them then the ceasefire would likely have held. All of them. Unconditionally.
Hamas is over. They can make the call at what cost to the Palestinians. The "peace protestors" are calling for more bloodshed.
This really isn't a matter of political opinion or who you think is right or not. Israelis feel like Hamas is an existential threat. They will keep fighting until that threat is removed and the hostages are returned. The cost is up to Hamas.
These is no dying en masse from hunger. But there will certainly be more food after Hamas surrenders and returns the hostages. In the meantime Hamas can provide for its citizens from its stocks in the tunnels.
