[Beninho]

A ceasefire now would save Hamas in the face of an imminent total defeat. No other country would agree to a ceasefire under the present conditions, Israel has essentially got Hamas on deaths door but the world wants to give Hamas a lifeline. Fighting would stop if Hamas releases the hostages and surrenders. If Israel lets Hamas live the potential for a two front war with Hezbollah/Iran in the future remains. IDF has Hamas pinned in the North and will do the same in the South, there is zero benefit for Israel to have a ceasefire. Maybe if Hamas was posing a hardened resistance, but they are not. Hamas has two choices, surrender and allow a new chapter for the Palestinians in Gaza to begin or fight till the last terrorist standing. It’s that simple.

If you truly want peace I don’t understand why you also would want to allow Hamas to survive. There is no future for Palestinians with Hamas at the negotiating table. Only more war and more deaths.