Senator Van Hollen: ''Kids in Gaza are now dying from the deliberate withholding of food. That is a war crime.''

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16. Couple reasons, I'd guess

They probably don’t believe that Netanyahu would end the military campaign if Hamas complies, and who can blame them?

Hamas isn’t a lockstep monolith, so it’s not realistic to demand compliance from the entire group

According to NPR, Hamas isn’t the only group holding holding hostages in Gaza, so even if Hamas complies, there will still be hostages, and Netanyahu would use this to justify his continued military campaign

What would it mean for Hamas to surrender? All members to submit themselves for judgment and punishment? No defeated army has ever done so in human history, so making it a requirement here is a deliberate demand for the impossible


And while we ponder why a brutal, murderous terrorist regime doesn’t suddenly step up to the right thing, the overwhelmingly dominant military force in the region continues to starve children by the thousands.