destroying hamas is not like destroying isis. isis operated in a remote desert location; hamas is well understood by israeli intelligence, to the point that there is a longstanding conspiracy theory that hamas is an arm of mossad.

- israel can declare hamas illegal and break up every meeting of hamas members

- israel can destroy every building owned or used by hamas

- israel can kill or arrest every known member, employee or sympathizer of hamas, in gaza or the west bank

this could not have been done to isis because the logistics and intelligence were non-existent and not possible to construct given their remote location in the distant wilderness.

i am not soft on terrorism, and what we have here is a terrorist group. clearly. they should be thoroughly obliterated, wiped off the earth and erased from history. i don't question this or introduce caveats.

i will remind israel that they have a history of indiscriminate bombing and should take note to avoid targeting civilians. i don't expect that reminder to be responded to. that does not change israel's justified prerogative in eliminating hamas.