The world was stunned by the horrific Hamas atrocity of 7 October 2023, in southern Israel, in which 1,200 people were killed and 251 hostages seized – the youngest just nine months old. Despite its fierce retaliation raising immediate alarm, Israel found international backing for the right to defend itself.
But now any initial moral justification for continuing to prosecute the war 18 months on has been lost – and the disgust we once reserved for Hamas militants transferred to the brutal and relentless assaults by the Israel Defense Forces and the humanitarian disaster caused by its blockade.
