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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the war in Gaza can't end until Israel has destroyed Hamas.NPR's reporting from Israel and Gaza suggests that goal is still a long way off.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

Sir, Matthew Parris is of course right that the optics of Israel’s military action are hugely disturbing (comment, Apr 6) but sadly the truth of this and many other wars in the past is that optics

Pushing Israel to accept a cease-fire with Hamas undefeated asks the country to live with a genocidal threat on its doorstep. No other nation would accept that.