Thank goodness none of us will ever have to spend nearly two years being bombed with the equivalent of 8 Hiroshima bombs, with food and aid weaponised against us, hospitals, schools, and ambulances destroyed, hundreds of journalists killed, and entire families wiped off the registry. In Gaza, 37.7% of the population of children has been killed- compare that to 0.3% in Ukraine.
As long as the hostages exist inside Gaza, Israel can justify even more death and destruction. They’re actually incentivised not to bring their hostages back because then Netanyahu would lose power. Release the hostages is not a good faith argument, it’s a classic Israeli talking point to shift the blame to Palestinians and ignore the fact that Israel has had plenty of chances to get their hostages back without committing genocide.