> A war has a beginning and an end and this one began on October 7th.
For that to be true, the pre-existing war between Israel and Palestine which started in 1948 would have to ended via some kind of peace settlement. When did that occur?
Even if, for some reason, one views there as being a war between Israel and Hamas separate from the Israel-Palestine war that has been going on since 1948, that separate war either starts with the beginning of the armed activities of the al-Qassam brigades against Israel in 1987 or, alternatively (viewing the Hamas-Israel conflict as a part of the single Israel-Palestine war until the Fatah/Hamas split and Battle of Gaza) in 2007.
For that to be true, the pre-existing war between Israel and Palestine which started in 1948 would have to ended via some kind of peace settlement. When did that occur?
Even if, for some reason, one views there as being a war between Israel and Hamas separate from the Israel-Palestine war that has been going on since 1948, that separate war either starts with the beginning of the armed activities of the al-Qassam brigades against Israel in 1987 or, alternatively (viewing the Hamas-Israel conflict as a part of the single Israel-Palestine war until the Fatah/Hamas split and Battle of Gaza) in 2007.