Israel said on Thursday there would be no humanitarian exceptions to its siege of the Gaza Strip until all its hostages were freed, after the Red Cross pleaded for fuel to be allowed in to prevent overwhelmed hospitals from "turning into morgues".
If you were in charge of Israel right now, how would you respond? Just sending in troops without air support to pacify Gaza would presumably lead to a lot of deaths like it has in the past.
They also know that the refugees will probably never be able to return to Gaza if they leave.
So innocents must be kept in danger against their will so that they can retain claims to their land. With allies like that who needs enemies?
Alternatively Israel could endeavor not to do things like flatten apartment buildings and whole city blocks.
If you were in charge of Israel right now, how would you respond? Just sending in troops without air support to pacify Gaza would presumably lead to a lot of deaths like it has in the past.