Netanyahu says that as long as HAMAS continues to hold over 200 hostages,
he
will continue
holding over 2 million hostages (the population of Gaza).
Meanwhile, he will continue the attacks that kill some of both groups of hostages.
*Pleas to end the suffering in Gaza are growing louder, but
neither side
actually wants a ceasefire.*
In Gaza, both sides are committing war crimes. Even if they both
prefer to continue them, the rest of the world should insist they
stop. Israel, in particular, can fight HAMAS if it wants to
but only if it avoids committing war crimes.
Note how this situation differs from the war in Ukraine. Putin orders
the Putin forces to commit unceasing war crimes, but Ukraine doesn't
retaliate in kind. Putin is committing aggression but Ukraine is not.
Thus, Ukraine is entitled to keep fighting to recover the territory
that the Putin forces have seized, but the Putin forces are not
entitled to continue their war of aggression or their war crimes.