>They could’ve made an example of a prosperous territory and enabling trust.

How do they create a prosperous territory? Israel destroyed Gaza's airport. Israel destroyed the foundations of Gaza's seaport. Israel maintains a maritime blockade of Gaza, so it's not like they can freely engage in trade with other sovereign territories. Israel maintains control over exploitation of Gaza's natural gas deposits.[1][2]

> But people keep forgetting that we still have living hostages in tunnels under Gaza, and we can’t accept a militarized Gaza anymore.

Even before Oct7, there were something like 350-500 Palestinians held in Israeli jails, charged with no crimes but indefinitely detained. They are functionally the same as hostages. Why should Gaza accept Israel holding hostages? Why should Palestine accept a militarized Israel? [3][4]

> Hamas should return the hostages and surrender its arms.

Israel should return its hostages and surrender its arms. And then the leadership should stand trial for genocide and crimes against humanity. We put some Hamas leaders on trial at the same time if you like, I'm fine with that, but the total disarmament of Israel and the prosecution of its leadership will likely be an overwhelming net good for the rest of humanity.

[1] https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/6/21/palestines-forg...

[2] https://mondoweiss.net/2019/10/the-gas-fields-off-gaza-a-gif...

[3] https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2020/10/un-expert-ca...

[4] https://al-shabaka.org/briefs/the-prison-intifada-supporting...