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Since October it's been a really easy concept to grasp. Hamas is a terrorist group that murdered and kidnapped a bunch (don't know the exact number something around 200+) of Israeli civilians, the IDF responded in a predictably overzealous way and have now killed somewhere in the neighborhood of 20,000 civilians in Palestine. Neither Hamas nor the IDF have a moral high ground here. They both need to stop killing civilians. Super easy.
The one thing both have in common is refusal to take peace talks seriously. Hamas refuses to let go of their hostages, and Israel continues their bombing campaign against Hamas.
Its a difficult situation because these are the "adults" in the room. The civilians involved have little power at all.
Hell, if anything, hamas is more interested in releasing the hostages than Israel is. They've let a few go, meanwhile the idf says "never forget" while turning Gaza into a crater. They don't give a flying fuck about the hostages.
What the fuck? Hamas fucking took those hostages to begin with and started this mess.
There's a comprehensive peace plan proposed by Egypt and Qatar. When Hamas steps up to the table and accepts the peace deal, then maybe you'd have grounds to stand on. But for now, Hamas refuses to give up the hostages, and continues to fight.
They took hostages for a reason, ostensibly to exchange them for something. Hamas doesn't want peace though, so why would they care about a peace plan? Also, as mentioned before, they have released a few already.