"When lies are sanctioned, when the truth is denied, there is only one outcome: no humanity. - Christopher Silverthorne."
This is the problem with ALL wars. It is said that the first casualty of war is the truth. This is because when all else fails, when diplomacy dies, when reasonable minds become contaminated with selfish ideology, then war ensues and the truth bcomes overclouded with propaganda. War is the last desperate act of those who cannot accept the true meaning of humanity, and which causes those who are the greatest victims to resort to the final measure of hostile retaliation.
Such is the world we live in. After numerous millennia of so-called civilisation, we still resort to violence to solve some of our problems. So whose word do you take as being truthful? Can you trust anyone to give you facts and (reliable) figures? How much credence do you give to claims of territory won, and lost. And casualties? Who want's to admit that they have suffered greater losses than their opponent(s)?
One saying I often use is this: "Consider everything, believe nothing." It's simple, but so very 'to the point'. With this in mind I can only provide references and clips of information (accurate or not) and let you make up your own mind what may be factual, and that which may be speculative.
"The temptation of Christ is a biblical narrative detailed in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. After being baptized by John the Baptist, Jesus was tempted by the devil after 40 days and nights of fasting in the Judaean Desert. At the time, Satan came to Jesus and tried to tempt him. Jesus having refused each temptation, Satan then departed and Jesus returned to Galilee to begin his ministry. During this entire time of spiritual battle, Jesus was fasting."[1]
Jesus resisted temptation. But Benjamin Netanyahu could no longer bear the strain of responsibility for the continued attacks upon his own people. The Hamas attack in October 2023 was the final 'temptation' to deal with the long-term and ongoing issues plaguing Israel. Satan said "I dare you", and Netanyahu took up the challenge. But either way, he would be damned if he did, or if he didn't (do something). Nobody can envy the tortuous choice he had to make, but his 'twitching' hand was forced, and that deadly pact was signed. Enough was enough.
It's like the old saying of 'taking hold of a tiger by the tail'. Once you have it in your grasp, the last thing you should do is let go. This is why Netanyahu has to finish what he was provoked (with or without his complicity) into starting. To let go now would be fatal.
There should have been another way of resolving the long-term dispute of Israel's existence, but the Arab world has to take it's fair share of the blame. A classic example of the reasonable minds I have spoken of not coming to a sane and reasonable settlement. But that's humanity, isn't it?