NOTICING THE OBVIOUS: Axios reports that anonymous White House officials were “shocked” that Hamas executed the hostages and have now hardened their negotiating position even more.

Israel should openly demand unconditional surrender, as the Allies did in WWII and as the Union did in the American Civil War, and should proceed to force Hamas to that end with unlimited warfare, as the Allies did in WWII and the Union did in the American Civil War.