Imagine you're the leader of Israel.
October 7 happens. And there's a multiple declarations from hamas, that they will repeat it forever, given a chance.
What do you do?
What do you do?
In any case, the question wasn't about history. It was about specific situation that requires specific decisions. Yet you deflected the question entirely. While, at the same time, showing lack of historical knowledge. Saddest thing here is that I'm not surprised anymore to get "answers" like these from people like you.
I'll answer your question though. The answer is to go after Hamas directly rather than carpet bombing the entire Gaza strip. That's not their goal though.