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there's an even simpler solution to the war in gaza: have hamas release all the hostages.

That won't stop the hostilities. Israel has two stated objectives: free the hostages and eliminate Hamas. The Israeli government is very unlikely to agree to a ceasefire in return for the hostages.

> won't stop the hostilities

It would undermine a lot of Israel’s international support. At the end of the day, the Houthis aren’t in Gaza. Them raising random asks is orthogonal to the security threat they pose. Piracy is piracy.

Freeing the hostages AND giving up their weapons AND committing to not attack Israel again will end the war.

Even keeping their weapons but saying they'll try to live in peace with Israel would be a huge change. However it's part of Hamas's founding charter to destroy Israel and they aren't prepared to give it up, which then leads the the jolly situation we have now.

But gazans wont do that. They live in a prison camp, why would they ever commit to not attacking Israel again?

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