I don't know why it isn't even a moderate view presently to think that "maybe an entire population being actively bombed shouldn't be cut off from water, electricity, food, fuel, and basic humanitarian aid"
That's not just "defending yourself"
In case you didn't know, this is still the case https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/12/no-power-water-or-fuel-to-gaza-until-hostages-freed-says-israeli-minister
> The energy minister, Israel Katz, wrote on social media that no “electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened and no fuel truck will enter” until the “abductees” were free. The United Nations experts have condemned the Israeli bombardment as “collective punishment”, which is a war crime.
@cwebber To be clear, that "until the abductees are free" part is unlikely. According to Hamas, the indiscriminate Israeli airstrikes have killed some of the Israeli hostages. https://apnews.com/live/israel-hamas-war-live-updates#0000018b-2804-d853-a3af-29b506bc0000 The Israeli state seems to only care about them as propaganda props, not people.
