The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) captured twenty Hamas militants in a hospital the other day without firing a shot. They then proceeded to assist in the supply of oxygen to the hospital.
This is notable for a couple of reasons, the most important being the extraordinary lengths the IDF goes to to minimize civilian casualties.
Contrary to claims from the political left, and even from some on the right, that the Israelis are deliberately committing "genocide" in Gaza, the evidence is that, despite the extremely difficult conditions they face in eliminating the terrorists, they're making every effort to prevent harm to civilians.
This article illustrates just one instance of those efforts.
The war is now moving to Rafah in southern Gaza where over a million Palestinian refugees have fled to avoid the combat, but Rafah is where Hamas apparently intends to make a last stand. Because Hamas insists on operating among civilians and civilian institutions such as hospitals, the toll on non-combatants is severe.
It could all end if Hamas would surrender and release all Israeli hostages. Much of the world community, however, is demanding that Israel stop fighting. This makes no sense. Why are there so few calls for Hamas to surrender themselves and the hostages? It is, after all, Hamas who started this war on October 7th when they barbarously slaughtered over 1200 Israeli civilians.
It's not wise nor charitable to speculate on people's motives but, nevertheless, that so many are placing the onus on the Israelis to impose a cease-fire rather than demanding that Hamas surrender, leads one to wonder whether these folks don't want Hamas to surrender and don't want to see the terrorists defeated.
