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Regretfully it is both the above. This conflict has brought out the absolute worst in some and it is no-one's finest hour.

It certainly doesn't seem to have been their number 1 priority for a long time.

I'm confused about this 'deal'. It's not a deal is it ? It's a proposal. Who proposed the 'deal' which Hamas seems to have accepted ?

Not in my name either. Every UK missile, shell, bullet, and litre of jet fuel needs to be conserved for protecting Ukraine from Russia. Of course shooting down a drone which would have potentially otherwise killed someone has considerable merit which needs to be given proper consideration.

I agree. Once I realised that both sides are as bad as each other I disengaged with this conflict with just a fool's hope remaining that they all one day see sense.

Surely a ceasefire cannot be just Israel ceases and Hamas still fires ? I've probably misunderstood you but both sides need to cease, surely ?

It's inexplicable now. A terrible, evil act by Hamas. Followed by further evil revenge by Israel - which will not achieve their strategic aims and will make their future worse. *shakes head, no further words*

81 hostages released so far. Keep them coming.

That is quite a bit of an issue I fear ( a hopefully groundless fear ). I heard on an interview on Radio 4 about a month ago ( obviously the interviewee's opinion ) that the political and military branches of Hamas don't always have the same agenda.

I hope this happens. A small and encouraging bit of good news if it does.

"You cease we fire" ? ???

They are as bad as each other. Evil acts by Hamas. Evil response from Israel. Enough is enough.

All as bad as each other. And still it goes on.

The way the thread has moved away from news to eternal arguments makes that tempting, for sure. I have held off on pushing the "ignore thread" in an ever forlorn hope of news of the hostages. I think I agree that Israel fell into Hamas' trap and has reacted exactly as Hamas planned. A...

The Butcher of Moscow is on the arrest list solely for the forced deportation of children to Russia. None of his other war crimes have an arrest warrant sadly. I suppose there is a parallel with the taking of child hostages by Hamas but inconsistently there is no arrest warrant for that yet...

My favourite YouTube channel - Warographics - now has a near 2 hour primer on the history of this conflict.

Yes. Because it was a war crime. Amnesty blamed Ukraine for stationing soldiers within cities though, which was a very weird take, but there was rightful outrage about that Amnesty report at the time. No point in playing distasteful "Genocide Olympics" though to point score which genocide is...

Is thinking 'both sides are as bad as each other' both anti-semitic and islamophobic at the same time ? Because that's where my thoughts are heading. Enough.

For sure. Enough already. No more.

Enough vengeance now. Time to stop.