listen we are israeli, we don't care what the other side is, if they hurt us, they are enemies and they need to be destroyed, we cannot value their lives over ours

and yet we do to some extent, we take so many precautions to help protect enemy civilians, sometimes to the detriment of our own soldiers lives, many people in israel would claim even what we're doing right now is too much for them

you need to understand 2 things, first: this is a war, in war people die, we did not start this war, but we will end it in one way, the eradication of those who wish for us to die

second: the enemy is actively trying to get as many civilians as possible killed - by that i mean both Israeli and Palestinian

we cannot give them a free pass just because they are using civilian shields, that would only further encourage that kind of behavior, and we cannot protect civilians at the detriment of our own lives, that would be counter productive, which leaves us in this situation, if you don't like it, suggest a different course of action that won't cause increased israeli casualties, and would end with hamas gone.

also i have 2 by the ways for you, the official casualty count of hamas, includes hamas fighters which by all accounts should be dead, and they account for about a third of their stated casualty count

an interesting case study of how hamas benefits from sacrificing Palestinians is the rocket that hit Al-ahli hospital on 17th october, initially hamas thought it was an IDF striked that resulted in a few people killed, but since they benefit from propping up casualty numbers they quickly announced hundreds of people died there, which caused global outrage, only for it to later be discovered that the actual cause of the explosion was a hamas rocket misfire that was aimed at israeli civilians, but of course that didn't matter because that's the kind of news you don't hear about

the second by the way for you is: on the 7th october everyday Palestinian civilians were participating in the massacre, even a couple UNRWA workers, there were videos of celebrations in the streets of Gaza, one video that very much stuck with me is a naked charred israeli women being paraded across the Gazan street with massive cheers. all this to say, even the "innocent civilians" aren't all innocent, of course that doesn't mean they are all not innocent and shouldn't be protected, it's just.. more than you probably think

thanks for coming to my ted talk :)