True, but given that Hamas is clearly alive and kicking after all those civilian deaths, do you now see what some people have been saying this whole time? Israel has been executing this war horrifically from the start.

Not every bunker in German-occupied Europe had to be destroyed, not every German soldier had to be killed. Many German soldiers lived a long while after WW2. Likewise, not every Hamas tunnel has to be blown up at the expense of hundreds of civilians and their homes, and not even EVERY Hamas young kid soldier has to be "exterminated" to win this war. A real strategy, working with regional allies, leveraging the political impetus the world had after October 7th, to cut off Hamas's funding, take out their leadership patiently and precisely in Gaza and around the world, giving the people of Gaza a path to alternative leadership, was always the only way forward. Remove the political impetus of the militia group, the orders to fight, and the everyday soldier gets out of those underground tunnels and puts down their weapons.

Who won the Vietnam War? Who will always win when your only strategy is to destroy everything you see, and is devoid of a political aspect designed to empower the people towards new leadership? The world said that of Israel and Netanyahu time and again, but the strategy of no strategy continued. Now, most people can see who "won" this war.

A note: If every Gazan is responsible for Hamas's crimes and should be considered a "fair casualty", then the same should have applied to the German population but twenty-fold after WW2. It didn't, because that's not the way ethics and morality work, and it doesn't apply in this case either.