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And yet this was newsworthy for the unusual number of deaths. That's pretty telling.

To your broader point, yes just ignore the problem and everything will go away. That has worked so well.

The folks calling for an unconditional surrender of Hamas are not wrong. That's the only way to end this bloodshed, that, yes, includes civilians on both sides. Only one side is doing it with the primary intent to kill civilians though.