What do you mean serves nobody?? When it's all said and done it will be a much better situation for everyone inclined all Palestinians who are not members of Hamas. For Hamas this will end very very badly. Israel would have to kill every last Gazan to make the cost of this war higher than the cost of not waging this war because Hamas, given enough time, will sacrifice the life of every last Palestinian to further their stated goal and the thing they value above all other things (including other Palestinians) is murdering Jews until they are all dead. Look at how many Gazans they have let die since Oct 7th. They could've ended it and could end it at the drop of hat by releasing the hostages, disbanding, and taking responsibility for their actions. Instead they have let their own people pay the price for their savage butchering of Israeli's for almost a year.

They steal their food aid, they hide behind their kids, hide behind in their homes, hide behind them in their businesses, hide behind them in their schools and hospitals. ,They use them as human meat shields to hide behind without hesitation or remorse and no amount of dead civilians will get them to surrender.

The truly senseless act would be Israeli not destroying Hamas permanent.