The idea of securing any sort of a cease-fire peace deal with terror group Hamas is not anything that Israel should even consider ever!

The Nazis in WWII would never, ever in a million years have listened to reason or have been persuaded to surrender until the Allies had all but bombed them into a brutal oblivion. That’s what it took to end that war. Hamas is obviously much smaller than Nazi Germany, and its impact felt only in Gaza and Israel, but the principle remains the same. Negotiations will do nothing to keep Israel safe, only direct and overwhelming military force will do that.

“For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.” Deuteronomy 20:4 (KJB)

The idea of a cease-fire with Hamas is ridiculous, Hamas has never played fair or abided by any rules, and they never will. They are a law unto themselves and will never be brought into civil society on any level. Only two things can be done. Either you can allow them to continue to attack you, or you can use military action to render them impotent. There is no third option. Hamas admitted as much earlier today when it said it will not surrender or give up their fight against Israel ever.

‘We will not surrender’: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh fumes after Israel frees hostages

FROM THE JERUSALEM POST: Israeli forces freed hostages Noa Argamani, Andrey Kozlov, Shlomi Ziv, and Almog Meir on Saturday, Hamas published a statement from the terror organization’s leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in which the arch-terrorist asserted that Hamas would not surrender.

“Our people will not surrender, and the resistance will continue to defend our rights in the face of this criminal enemy,” Haniyeh reportedly said. “And if the occupation believes that it can impose its choices on us by force, it is delusional, and the movement will not agree to any agreement that does not achieve security for our people first and foremost.”

After securing the release of the hostages, the IDF reported that the rescue operation had taken place in two different locations in central Nuseirat. According to the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza, the bodies of at least 93 Palestinians who were killed during Israeli activities in Nuseirat and other areas in the central region of the Gaza Strip arrived at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital on Saturday.

The ministry does not distinguish between combatants and civilians in its reporting, and the numbers published by the ministry have come under scrutiny, particularly in recent days, for its apparent inflating of the proportion of women and children killed during the war.

Later, Hamas put out another statement saying that the Israeli rescue operation would not “not change its strategic failure in the Gaza Strip” as the terrorist organization still held the bulk of the hostages. Hamas also claimed that it was capable of capturing more hostages. 

Noa Argamani among 4 Israeli hostages rescued

Noa Argamani, 25; Almog Meir Jan, 21; Andrey Kozlov, 27; and Shlomi Ziv, 40, were kidnapped by Hamas from the ‘Nova’ music festival on Oct. 7, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The rescues come after a morning of strikes in Central Gaza. Videos show dozens of people in the emergency department at Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital, the region’s only functioning hospital. Hamas called it an “unprecedented brutal attack” and said there are “dozens of martyrs and wounded in the streets” although they do not yet know how many people were killed and injured in the attack. The rescued hostages have been transferred to the ‘Sheba’ Tel-HaShomer Medical Center and are in good condition, the IDF said.