Hamas prevented it because Israel has no free will? Israel is doomed to only react to Hamas?
Israel had an option to preserve their normalization and gain and keep the sympathy of the entire world. Instead they prefered to do annihilation and genocide.
No. Hamas prevented it by creating another Arab Istraeli war.
> Instead they prefered to do annihilation and genocide.
No they didn't. You made that up. You can't have a genocide where the population increases that's a ridiculous thing to write.
So a genocidal campaign to level Gaza and cleanse it of its human anima- oops, I meant people, expand settlements in the WB, and occupy southern Lebanon and Syria in pursuit of a “Greater Israel” is self-defense. Makes total sense.