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> One major logistical difference is the propensity of Hamas to use its citizens as human shields.

The IDF HQ is across the street from a shopping mall; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HaKirya.

(Iran targeted this area, which resulted in civilian casualties. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/06/13/12israel-iran-rep... / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marganit_Tower)

> It certainly indicates war outcome in both cases (Germany and Gaza). Both these antagonists started wars which they then lost.

Hamas and the Nazis (and the Iranian regime) suck.

Indiscriminately killing civilians also sucks. It sucks even more in the era of modern precision weaponry.

This really isn't as complicated a position as you seem to think.



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