1. On Oct 7, 2023 Hamas raided Israel and captured over 200 Israelis. With them as hostages Hamas hoped to force Israel to release Palestinian detainees in exchange for the Israeli hostages.

2. Hamas thought the Israelis were human beings. They did not expect the brutishness of the Israelis. They certainly did not expect the Israelis to kill tens of thousands of men, women, children, babies, the sick and the incapacitated in order to force Hamas to release the hostages.

3. The world looked on, unable to do anything because the United States of America, the erstwhile proponent of human rights, actually backed the genocide committed by the Israelis.

4. Israeli demonstrators against the genocide were not because they were against killing Palestinian civilians. The demonstrations were because they feared for the lives of the hostages.

5. For more than a year the murderous Israelis killed more than 60,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 100,000. But they could not get the Palestinians to release the hostages.

6. Eventually the Israelis had to accept that only by stopping the genocide would the hostages be freed. And so they agreed to cease fire.