If you pause at 2:28 and get a fuller view of the AK, it's actually an AKM variant and not an AK-47.
A true AK-47 (which is pretty rare in this day and age) has a receiver machined from a homogenous piece of steel. That rounded, dimple on the magazine well, indicates this receiver is stamped from sheet metal, indicating it's a newer (compared to the AK-47) AKM variant. Based on the flash suppressor, I'd guess it's of Chinese manufacture.
Jeez, I can field strip my MAK -90 (chinese) in 1.10 minutes, slow I know but Glen, you blew my mind on your AK knowledge! I bought mine in '98 for $500 and they threw in an 80 round drum (garbage and jams). Converted to an all black polymer grip and stock but the grip melted off after 500 rounds of semi continuous fire, lesson learned but it was '98! Anyway, thanks for your comment, Much luv!
The flash suppressor is standard Russian. I think this is an AK-74 variant (5.45x39mm rather than 7.62x39mm) but I can't be sure without a better view of the gas block. The AKM (7.62) has a more sloped front to the gas block while the AK-74 has a more vertical one). You are of course correct that there are very few original AK-47s.
I'm going to stick with this being an AKM. . . look at the curvature of the magazine. The 5.45x39mm magazines have a lot less curve to them, due to the shape of the casing.
Taking pictures of prisoners of war for propaganda purposes is also against the Geneva Conventions, but I guess it is only a crime if someone is willing to enforce it. Right now no major military power seems willing to do that.
Given the number of other, much more serious LoW violations they've racked up...targeting civilians and civilian structures, torture/rape/murder of both civilian and military captives, use of protected targets for "military" purposes, etc., etc;...I suspect that photos/videos of captives aren't going to be top of the list of war crimes being committed.
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If I'm looking for that hostage I've got a hell of a clue. Sure, Gaza is small in size but huge in people. But in 4 months it's not likely that bag traveled far.
-Where is the ingress point for Japanese wheat?
-What is the distribution mechanism?
Answering these questions will probably put you close to the hostage.
HAMAS is a tyrannically organization. That means they are corrupt. These donations are likely sold to the people who need it. It's not likely to be given away. That's not how tyrannies work.
The thug collecting money for the "donations" is probably closely associated with whoever decided to upcycle those wheat bags.
From what I understand, it’s usually transported in from Egypt. So Japan buys Egyptian week, put it in a Japanese bag. It’s in one of the articles that I linked.
Yeah... I was trying to recall seeing any Japanese wheat fields! 🤣
This makes more sense.
I doubt HAMAS would clog the smuggling tunnels between Egypt and Gaza with bags.
So, it came in via a checkpoint. Next, find the guy who is selling the wheat to Gazans. If Mosaad has a good asset near the checkpoint, this info is probably already known. Because this won't be the seller's only criminal enterprise. It's also likely a "politician" or government employee.
I am curious why you mention that the AK-47 being off safe is a clue to poor training? Unlike the AR-15/M-16 line, the AK is very difficult to flip off safe (you can see the lever to take if off safe about 2 inches beyond the reach of the person's finger). My understanding is that often Russian training is to use the safety much more rarely than the US military does, e.g. not flipping it on between bursts or shots, because you need to remove your hand from the pistol grip to flip it on and off. Am I wrong in this understanding?
I don't know about Russian training but I would expect, as you do, that they would not keep flipping the safety off and on on the AKs. Also, it looks to me like the safety lever on that rifle is actually broken - it is moved too far down - it should be flush with the bottom of the receiver in the semi-auto fire position but it appears to extend below the bottom of the receiver.
I've fired AK-47s, AKMs, and AKM-Ss quite a lot. By my recollection and some Google image searches to confirm, I'd say that selector switch position is right for semi-auto.
Sidenote: My dad (three tour Vietnam vet) used to comment on how AK selector switches went from safe, to full-auto, to semi-auto and about how that reflected the Soviet mentality and quality of training.
I wouldn't worry too much about calling a AKM a AK-47. Even if technically incorrect, the two terms are generally used interchangeably. I own a couple AKMs (Romanian SAR-1) and I sometimes call them AK-47s or just AKs for short.
As for Hamas, the people of Gaza to my recollection voted for Hamas. Hamas does not recognize Israel and wants to wipe them off the map (obviously, given current events). How do you attain peace with people who don't even acknowledge your Right to even exist?
I think you need to be very cautious about you views on Hamas and suggesting they are in power through intimidation / rule. They are well supported....freely and for good reason. If we agree that no "people" are inherently evil then what must we conclude from this act???
"Supported freely" comes into question when you consider that they haven't had elections in 17 years -- Hamas massacred all of their political opposition in 2007 shortly after winning -- and there's been significant polling at many times over the years that show free elections would have gone to reformers.
The aid-based economic situation in Gaza, clear stockpiling of resources for this attack, control of distribution and siphoning off of aid and donations, and "tax collecting" on smuggled necessities all come together with the evidence of Hamas's senior leadership having personally become incredibly wealthy (exact numbers vary but many billionaire families) and suggest that this wealth is in large part extracted from and at the expense of the welfare of Gazan citizens. I think this maintenance of an already suffering population by direct control over the lifelines which have managed to make it into Gaza would count as implied intimidation at least, likely explicit though.
Of course *presently* support for Hamas would be very high, as the only people with weapons 'on their side' while Gaza is getting pulverized.
This is not a political debate forum of course so I'll leave it at this comment, but there is a lot of supporting evidence for the original suggestion.
Can you do a video on the formation of Hamas? I keep seeing it repeated that Israeli intelligence covertly funded them to counter the PLO in Palestine. It's complete nonsense, since Hamas was founded with the explicit goal of destroying Israel.
This violence has been predicted and reported to the UN over the last 15 years- "A leaked UN report in 2009 warned that the blockade (by both Israel and Egypt) was "devastating livelihoods" and causing gradual "de-development". It pointed out that glass was prohibited by the blockade.[36][37][38][39][40] Under the blockade, Gaza has been described by rights groups and critics as "the world's largest open-air prison".[41][42]
And while we can blame Hamas, population and housing is a huge driver- "In a report submitted to the UN in 2013, the chairperson of Al Athar Global Consulting in Gaza, Reham el Wehaidy, encouraged the repair of basic infrastructure by 2020, in the light of projected demographic increase of 500,000 by 2020 and intensified housing problems.[43]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip
Most of the suggested "fixes" for Gaza have been tried time and time again. But, HAMAS is tyrannical. Meaning, you have to pay HAMAS to help GAZA. You pay HAMAS, more terror, and more sophisticated terror.
HAMAS terrorizes Gaza also. Not just Israel. It's not just a terrorist organization, it's a crime syndicate also with groups of lieutenants, thug and enforcers all over the region.
HAMAS is and has been the problem for decades. Is Israel partially to blame. Yep. But nothing anyone tried to "fix" the issue was ever going to work with HAMAS in charge.
I agree that Gaza leadership (Hamas) is bad. And Iran/Russian involvement is way underemphasized. Clearly, this attack is designed to terrify and traumatize., similar to ISIS videos of well-publicized beheadings. My point is that that Gaza's containment over the last 20+ years has not worked, and neither has this attack. Once Israel is finished crushing Gaza militarily, what next for that distressed population?
If they are lucky, they will get a few billion in funding to start a new government that isn't Islamist. They will ban Islamist parties from government.
But, they aren't lucky. They will still get money. But it will be from the Saudis. And it will require that the government institutions be Islamist. And Sunni at that.
Either way, Gazans will "elect" people who are corrupt and who will siphon all the money given to help the people into their own pockets. Second verse, same as the first!
The idea that Gazans are innocent in all this is laughable. They've supported a corrupt regime for decades. Aside from that org publicly calling for the genocide of Jews. Just concentrate on the fact that HAMAS was a brutal tyranny. Support by almost all of Gaza.
Then add to that they supported the genocide of Jews.
How is the average Gazan different that the average German prison guard working at a death camp in WWII? Both know of the goal of genocide. Both indirectly participate in it. Both have TREMEMDOUS social and physical pressure to conform to the genocide. Do we sympathize with the guard to the point that we forgive him? No! Do we sympathize with the average Gazan to the point that we forgive him/her? No!
Does this mean Israel can indiscriminately kill any Gazans they want? Also very much No.
A two state solution with Gaza is finished. Maybe the UN can come in and run the city. But it's as corrupt as HAMAS. I don't know. But Gaza will never be part of a Palestinian nation. I don't know how it survives. No MENA region nation wants the people. White people in the west that have a lot of money and time to bitch about things will try to find a solution that looks good during campaign seasons and at University lectures.
The West Bank... maybe there is still a 2 state solution. But they will try to insist that Gaza be part of any deal. So, in the end. HAMAS killed the two state solution which is one of their stated goals. HAMAS doesn't believe in the two state solution... because one of the states is Israel.
The continual building of Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank are overt acts by the Israeli govt (I don't blame Yosef Israeli) to prevent there ever being a two-state solution. if serious peace talks regarding the two state solution ever come up in the future, Israel will simply claim that there are far too many ethic Jews in East Jerusalem or the West Bank to simply return the land to the U.N. Partition boundaries.
"Protecting ethic brothers" is same excuse that Hitler used to annex the Sudetenland and that Putin used to annex Crimea, and Eastern Ukraine.
The end goal of settlement is to make Jerusalem the capital of Israel. Neither party ever acted in good faith. If there had been a lasting peace long ago, HAMAS and Hezbollah never would have manifested into the organizations they are today. It takes two to tango, and Israeli is leading the dance.
To be clear, I'm not blaming Israelis or the Palestinians. It's their leadership. Leadership can and MUST change for any lasting peace.
I read yesterday that after HAMAS was voted into rule about 2007, there hasn't been an election since, HAMAS leadership is terribly corrupt and really wealthy and rule Gaza tyrannically. They have people in the right positions to take in foreign aid and SELL it to anyone who wants to eat or fuel their vehicles or brush their teeth. It's like the Taliban. They rule because they are the biggest thugs on the block, not because there was an election. HAMAS, sadly, will never be "voted out" of office in Gaza. They have to be conquered either by internal Palestinian means (unlikely) or external means. Israel will do their best with sadly extraordinary collateral damage but HAMAS will reconstitute itself just as the Taliban has in Afghanistan. The Taliban had a huge advantage over HAMAS, though, it that they were able to hide in the mountainous regions of Pakistan, gathering strength and waiting out U.S Forces departure. HAMAS has no such refuge.
I just saw on CNN a story about decapitated baby's and infants. Finding that hard to believe, can it be that the decapitation was a result of an explosion? You can see that the house was blown up. Is this being used to justify the bombing of Gaza? The hole thing is just mindboggling.
I don't think the safety being off is indicative of poor training as much as the attitude of hamas towards westerners (which in their eyes include Filipinos)
First of all, I was this year's old when I found out that the Filipino LRF was a global SpecOps force to be feared, and I also applaud the commentary on food aid being used by bullies to force local compliance. One of the greatest failings of the UN: guarding food shipped to needy locales until the local warlords picking it up and considering it a "mission complete". Aid to locals should have teeth from those that provide it to ensure it's getting into the hands of those that truly need it. (Or it should evolve into something that spurs development of local for-profit business with mandatory local hiring rules but that's a lengthy TEDtalk for another day.)
The Muslim Brotherhood started without Palestine being a proximate or even close to proximate cause. Sayyid Qtub hated the west. Israel was "the west". It was always going to be an enemy of the Muslim Brotherhood. (MB = HAMAS)
I'm no fan of Israel. So you will not hear me defend them. And of course HAMAS is undefendable. And Arafat made sure that his legacy was ruined by the Islamists. The PLO was secular. Did you know that?
Egypt completely destroyed the MB. It took decades, but it's not a huge problem anymore. But that was Muslim on Muslim. Israel will also destroy the MB/HAMAS. That's Jew on Muslim. Saddam Hussein kept the Sh'ias down. Hezbolah keeps the Christians down.
The "fight" isn't new.
So maybe the only thing we can do is be cold and practical. That means that Israel will never allow Gaza to be what it was. Never. The UN lines are useless. They mean nothing at this point and the UN would do well to suggest new lines. Or stay out of it.
Palestinians have a choice. Push everything that is remotely Islamist, Fundamentalist, Radical and Violent out of the West Bank on their own... or have it done for them over the next 50 years.
Practically, Israel isn't going to lose. This will be "Never Again 2.0". It will be a mantra burned into their culture and society. Fair, is out the window. We should instead look to PRACTICAL.
If you pause at 2:28 and get a fuller view of the AK, it's actually an AKM variant and not an AK-47.
A true AK-47 (which is pretty rare in this day and age) has a receiver machined from a homogenous piece of steel. That rounded, dimple on the magazine well, indicates this receiver is stamped from sheet metal, indicating it's a newer (compared to the AK-47) AKM variant. Based on the flash suppressor, I'd guess it's of Chinese manufacture.
You're right. I should make the correction. Sometimes speaking off the cuff results in errors like this.
Aren’t you a full time journalist now? In that case it’s mandatory to name every weapon ak47 😝
Unless it is painted green, in which case it is obviously a tank.
I mean, at this point that's just common sense! And if it's tan, it's a MRAP. Always.
You're allowed the occasional flub-up, but you've reached your quota for the month. >=]
Jeez, I can field strip my MAK -90 (chinese) in 1.10 minutes, slow I know but Glen, you blew my mind on your AK knowledge! I bought mine in '98 for $500 and they threw in an 80 round drum (garbage and jams). Converted to an all black polymer grip and stock but the grip melted off after 500 rounds of semi continuous fire, lesson learned but it was '98! Anyway, thanks for your comment, Much luv!
I would not worry about it and I am a huge gun guy.
The flash suppressor is standard Russian. I think this is an AK-74 variant (5.45x39mm rather than 7.62x39mm) but I can't be sure without a better view of the gas block. The AKM (7.62) has a more sloped front to the gas block while the AK-74 has a more vertical one). You are of course correct that there are very few original AK-47s.
I'm going to stick with this being an AKM. . . look at the curvature of the magazine. The 5.45x39mm magazines have a lot less curve to them, due to the shape of the casing.
Taking pictures of prisoners of war for propaganda purposes is also against the Geneva Conventions, but I guess it is only a crime if someone is willing to enforce it. Right now no major military power seems willing to do that.
Given the number of other, much more serious LoW violations they've racked up...targeting civilians and civilian structures, torture/rape/murder of both civilian and military captives, use of protected targets for "military" purposes, etc., etc;...I suspect that photos/videos of captives aren't going to be top of the list of war crimes being committed.
I figured Ryan already sufficiently covered many of the other major war crimes.
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If I'm looking for that hostage I've got a hell of a clue. Sure, Gaza is small in size but huge in people. But in 4 months it's not likely that bag traveled far.
-Where is the ingress point for Japanese wheat?
-What is the distribution mechanism?
Answering these questions will probably put you close to the hostage.
HAMAS is a tyrannically organization. That means they are corrupt. These donations are likely sold to the people who need it. It's not likely to be given away. That's not how tyrannies work.
The thug collecting money for the "donations" is probably closely associated with whoever decided to upcycle those wheat bags.
From what I understand, it’s usually transported in from Egypt. So Japan buys Egyptian week, put it in a Japanese bag. It’s in one of the articles that I linked.
Yeah... I was trying to recall seeing any Japanese wheat fields! 🤣
This makes more sense.
I doubt HAMAS would clog the smuggling tunnels between Egypt and Gaza with bags.
So, it came in via a checkpoint. Next, find the guy who is selling the wheat to Gazans. If Mosaad has a good asset near the checkpoint, this info is probably already known. Because this won't be the seller's only criminal enterprise. It's also likely a "politician" or government employee.
Thanks for venturing into this thankless minefield. No matter what you say, it will be misinterpreted.
I am curious why you mention that the AK-47 being off safe is a clue to poor training? Unlike the AR-15/M-16 line, the AK is very difficult to flip off safe (you can see the lever to take if off safe about 2 inches beyond the reach of the person's finger). My understanding is that often Russian training is to use the safety much more rarely than the US military does, e.g. not flipping it on between bursts or shots, because you need to remove your hand from the pistol grip to flip it on and off. Am I wrong in this understanding?
I don't know about Russian training but I would expect, as you do, that they would not keep flipping the safety off and on on the AKs. Also, it looks to me like the safety lever on that rifle is actually broken - it is moved too far down - it should be flush with the bottom of the receiver in the semi-auto fire position but it appears to extend below the bottom of the receiver.
I've fired AK-47s, AKMs, and AKM-Ss quite a lot. By my recollection and some Google image searches to confirm, I'd say that selector switch position is right for semi-auto.
Sidenote: My dad (three tour Vietnam vet) used to comment on how AK selector switches went from safe, to full-auto, to semi-auto and about how that reflected the Soviet mentality and quality of training.
I wouldn't worry too much about calling a AKM a AK-47. Even if technically incorrect, the two terms are generally used interchangeably. I own a couple AKMs (Romanian SAR-1) and I sometimes call them AK-47s or just AKs for short.
As for Hamas, the people of Gaza to my recollection voted for Hamas. Hamas does not recognize Israel and wants to wipe them off the map (obviously, given current events). How do you attain peace with people who don't even acknowledge your Right to even exist?
I think you need to be very cautious about you views on Hamas and suggesting they are in power through intimidation / rule. They are well supported....freely and for good reason. If we agree that no "people" are inherently evil then what must we conclude from this act???
"Supported freely" comes into question when you consider that they haven't had elections in 17 years -- Hamas massacred all of their political opposition in 2007 shortly after winning -- and there's been significant polling at many times over the years that show free elections would have gone to reformers.
The aid-based economic situation in Gaza, clear stockpiling of resources for this attack, control of distribution and siphoning off of aid and donations, and "tax collecting" on smuggled necessities all come together with the evidence of Hamas's senior leadership having personally become incredibly wealthy (exact numbers vary but many billionaire families) and suggest that this wealth is in large part extracted from and at the expense of the welfare of Gazan citizens. I think this maintenance of an already suffering population by direct control over the lifelines which have managed to make it into Gaza would count as implied intimidation at least, likely explicit though.
Of course *presently* support for Hamas would be very high, as the only people with weapons 'on their side' while Gaza is getting pulverized.
This is not a political debate forum of course so I'll leave it at this comment, but there is a lot of supporting evidence for the original suggestion.
per israeli PM, "HAMAS is ISIS." Who wants to live and under and support that?? Just food for thought ;)
Can you do a video on the formation of Hamas? I keep seeing it repeated that Israeli intelligence covertly funded them to counter the PLO in Palestine. It's complete nonsense, since Hamas was founded with the explicit goal of destroying Israel.
This violence has been predicted and reported to the UN over the last 15 years- "A leaked UN report in 2009 warned that the blockade (by both Israel and Egypt) was "devastating livelihoods" and causing gradual "de-development". It pointed out that glass was prohibited by the blockade.[36][37][38][39][40] Under the blockade, Gaza has been described by rights groups and critics as "the world's largest open-air prison".[41][42]
And while we can blame Hamas, population and housing is a huge driver- "In a report submitted to the UN in 2013, the chairperson of Al Athar Global Consulting in Gaza, Reham el Wehaidy, encouraged the repair of basic infrastructure by 2020, in the light of projected demographic increase of 500,000 by 2020 and intensified housing problems.[43]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip
Most of the suggested "fixes" for Gaza have been tried time and time again. But, HAMAS is tyrannical. Meaning, you have to pay HAMAS to help GAZA. You pay HAMAS, more terror, and more sophisticated terror.
HAMAS terrorizes Gaza also. Not just Israel. It's not just a terrorist organization, it's a crime syndicate also with groups of lieutenants, thug and enforcers all over the region.
HAMAS is and has been the problem for decades. Is Israel partially to blame. Yep. But nothing anyone tried to "fix" the issue was ever going to work with HAMAS in charge.
I agree that Gaza leadership (Hamas) is bad. And Iran/Russian involvement is way underemphasized. Clearly, this attack is designed to terrify and traumatize., similar to ISIS videos of well-publicized beheadings. My point is that that Gaza's containment over the last 20+ years has not worked, and neither has this attack. Once Israel is finished crushing Gaza militarily, what next for that distressed population?
If they are lucky, they will get a few billion in funding to start a new government that isn't Islamist. They will ban Islamist parties from government.
But, they aren't lucky. They will still get money. But it will be from the Saudis. And it will require that the government institutions be Islamist. And Sunni at that.
Either way, Gazans will "elect" people who are corrupt and who will siphon all the money given to help the people into their own pockets. Second verse, same as the first!
The idea that Gazans are innocent in all this is laughable. They've supported a corrupt regime for decades. Aside from that org publicly calling for the genocide of Jews. Just concentrate on the fact that HAMAS was a brutal tyranny. Support by almost all of Gaza.
Then add to that they supported the genocide of Jews.
How is the average Gazan different that the average German prison guard working at a death camp in WWII? Both know of the goal of genocide. Both indirectly participate in it. Both have TREMEMDOUS social and physical pressure to conform to the genocide. Do we sympathize with the guard to the point that we forgive him? No! Do we sympathize with the average Gazan to the point that we forgive him/her? No!
Does this mean Israel can indiscriminately kill any Gazans they want? Also very much No.
A two state solution with Gaza is finished. Maybe the UN can come in and run the city. But it's as corrupt as HAMAS. I don't know. But Gaza will never be part of a Palestinian nation. I don't know how it survives. No MENA region nation wants the people. White people in the west that have a lot of money and time to bitch about things will try to find a solution that looks good during campaign seasons and at University lectures.
The West Bank... maybe there is still a 2 state solution. But they will try to insist that Gaza be part of any deal. So, in the end. HAMAS killed the two state solution which is one of their stated goals. HAMAS doesn't believe in the two state solution... because one of the states is Israel.
The continual building of Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank are overt acts by the Israeli govt (I don't blame Yosef Israeli) to prevent there ever being a two-state solution. if serious peace talks regarding the two state solution ever come up in the future, Israel will simply claim that there are far too many ethic Jews in East Jerusalem or the West Bank to simply return the land to the U.N. Partition boundaries.
"Protecting ethic brothers" is same excuse that Hitler used to annex the Sudetenland and that Putin used to annex Crimea, and Eastern Ukraine.
The end goal of settlement is to make Jerusalem the capital of Israel. Neither party ever acted in good faith. If there had been a lasting peace long ago, HAMAS and Hezbollah never would have manifested into the organizations they are today. It takes two to tango, and Israeli is leading the dance.
To be clear, I'm not blaming Israelis or the Palestinians. It's their leadership. Leadership can and MUST change for any lasting peace.
I read yesterday that after HAMAS was voted into rule about 2007, there hasn't been an election since, HAMAS leadership is terribly corrupt and really wealthy and rule Gaza tyrannically. They have people in the right positions to take in foreign aid and SELL it to anyone who wants to eat or fuel their vehicles or brush their teeth. It's like the Taliban. They rule because they are the biggest thugs on the block, not because there was an election. HAMAS, sadly, will never be "voted out" of office in Gaza. They have to be conquered either by internal Palestinian means (unlikely) or external means. Israel will do their best with sadly extraordinary collateral damage but HAMAS will reconstitute itself just as the Taliban has in Afghanistan. The Taliban had a huge advantage over HAMAS, though, it that they were able to hide in the mountainous regions of Pakistan, gathering strength and waiting out U.S Forces departure. HAMAS has no such refuge.
I just saw on CNN a story about decapitated baby's and infants. Finding that hard to believe, can it be that the decapitation was a result of an explosion? You can see that the house was blown up. Is this being used to justify the bombing of Gaza? The hole thing is just mindboggling.
I don't think the safety being off is indicative of poor training as much as the attitude of hamas towards westerners (which in their eyes include Filipinos)
I thought there were quite a few Thai citizens among the kidnapped, rather than Filipino, Happy to be corrected.
First of all, I was this year's old when I found out that the Filipino LRF was a global SpecOps force to be feared, and I also applaud the commentary on food aid being used by bullies to force local compliance. One of the greatest failings of the UN: guarding food shipped to needy locales until the local warlords picking it up and considering it a "mission complete". Aid to locals should have teeth from those that provide it to ensure it's getting into the hands of those that truly need it. (Or it should evolve into something that spurs development of local for-profit business with mandatory local hiring rules but that's a lengthy TEDtalk for another day.)
The Muslim Brotherhood started without Palestine being a proximate or even close to proximate cause. Sayyid Qtub hated the west. Israel was "the west". It was always going to be an enemy of the Muslim Brotherhood. (MB = HAMAS)
I'm no fan of Israel. So you will not hear me defend them. And of course HAMAS is undefendable. And Arafat made sure that his legacy was ruined by the Islamists. The PLO was secular. Did you know that?
Egypt completely destroyed the MB. It took decades, but it's not a huge problem anymore. But that was Muslim on Muslim. Israel will also destroy the MB/HAMAS. That's Jew on Muslim. Saddam Hussein kept the Sh'ias down. Hezbolah keeps the Christians down.
The "fight" isn't new.
So maybe the only thing we can do is be cold and practical. That means that Israel will never allow Gaza to be what it was. Never. The UN lines are useless. They mean nothing at this point and the UN would do well to suggest new lines. Or stay out of it.
Palestinians have a choice. Push everything that is remotely Islamist, Fundamentalist, Radical and Violent out of the West Bank on their own... or have it done for them over the next 50 years.
Practically, Israel isn't going to lose. This will be "Never Again 2.0". It will be a mantra burned into their culture and society. Fair, is out the window. We should instead look to PRACTICAL.