The war between Israel and Hamas is now about babies

It has become the babies war. It began with the most terrifying and inhuman reports of Hamas fighters killing Israeli babies and children on that terrible October 7 assault, including graphic accounts of how they disembowelled a pregnant woman and tore the foetus from her womb, and now it's all about saving Palestinian babies from Israeli bombs. President Macron has appealed to Israel to take every precaution to avoid killing babies who are with their mothers in hospital in Gaza. I'm sure the Israeli defence forces are doing everything they can to do just that but the fact is that hospitals in the heart of Gaza City have suffered from the constant assaults by bombs and artillery shells, and babies are dying. This is the tragedy of war. It makes it imperative for Israel to bring this war to an end as rapidly as possible. But it's in Hamas's interest to prolong the war because they know that the longer it goes on, the more civilians will die and the more criticism Israel will face from around the world. The hostages are key. If Israel can release them all, the troops can then focus on destroying the tunnels and underground bunkers. But Hamas will hang on to them as bargaining chips. So until the hostage crisis is resolved there will be a total impasse, and that means more babies will die.