This war could have ended 18 months ago if Hamas Gaza had accepted what many Gazans are demanding now.
Something remarkable is happening in Gaza.
Eighteen months after Hamas launched the October 7 War, eighteen months after polls showed the October 7 Massacre was overwhelmingly popular among Palestinians, many Gazans are—at last—realizing it was a mistake.
Gaza has been engulfed by public protests, embracing Israel’s core demands:
✅ Hamas must relinquish power
✅ Hamas must lay down its arms
✅ Hamas must free the hostages
It has taken far too long, but the message is sinking in.
Since day one, Israel has insisted that the war cannot end with a jihadi army still holding hostages or able to fire rockets at our communities at will. Total victory means removing that threat once and for all—and that starts with Hamas’s unconditional surrender. For the sake of peace, Hamas must go.
Encouragingly, we are seeing the people of Gaza begin to say the same.
Hamas wants to wage permanent jihad. The world must not let it.
Meanwhile, the Hamas government of Gaza has released what it claims is a comprehensive list of over 50,000 Palestinians killed in the war. But even Hamas’s own data proves what Israel has long maintained: this has been one of the most targeted military campaigns in modern history, in the most difficult urban battlefield.
According to analysis by citizen sleuth Salo Aizenberg, a recent guest on State of a Nation, the figure includes around 8,300 natural deaths. It also shows fatalities in the 13-55 age bracket are 72% men—showing clearly that Israel is targeting Hamas militants. Israel says it has killed around 20,000 Hamas terrorists. That would put the civilian-to-combatant casualty ratio around 1:1.
This isn’t Israeli data. It’s not American data. It’s Hamas’ data.
And it completely discredits the outrageous accusations of indiscriminate bombing.
Every innocent death is a tragedy. And Hamas bears full responsibility for this tragedy. It bears full blame for fighting from homes, schools, hospitals, and shelters—and for using the people of Gaza as human sacrifices. It bears full responsibility for rejecting American mediation efforts and preferring a full-blown war to releasing the hostages and relinquishing power.
Despite this, Israel has gone to greater lengths than any military to mitigate harm to enemy civilians—but Hamas’ sick strategy only underscores why this jihadist regime must be removed.
Israel is fighting a just war justly. And Hamas’s own data just proved it.
We will continue telling that truth to the world.